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Welcome to the Monkey House

By: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: David Strathairn, Maria Tucci
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Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as ""a true artist""* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, ""one of the best living American writers.""

Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.

*The New York Times

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Vonnegut was one of the best authors this country every produced. This collection of short stories does not disappoint. My favorite stories within have to be Welcome to the Monkey House and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Tony Roberts is the best of the group of narrators, but they are all great story tellers. Worth the money/credit

One of the best authors [FULL STOP]

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Loved all the short stories and will listen again. The narrator’s were entertaining as well.

Quirky fun!

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The incredible quality of both the short stories and the reading/performances by an all star cast of actors makes it one of the most memorable audio books I have ever had the pleasure to listen to.

Incredible stories and performances

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I had never listened to this author before. I will continue to search for his work.

Variety of stories

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Entertaining romp through a time when the massive America snowball of bullshit was just a little guy and rolling slower downhill than what we're all experiencing today.

Great snapshot of 1950s and 1960s America

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