From the New York Times bestselling author of Slaughterhouse-Five comes an irresistible novel that combines āclever wit with keen social observation...[and] re-establishes Mr. Vonnegutās place as the Mark Twain of our timesā (Atlanta Journal & Constitution).
Here is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. Heās a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But thatās neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington Collegeāwhere he teachesāthe excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And itās all Eugeneās fault.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Slaughterhouse-Five comes an irresistible novel that combines āclever wit with keen social observation...[and] re-establishes Mr. Vonnegutās place as the Mark Twain of our timesā (Atlanta Journal & Constitution).
Here is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. Heās a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But thatās neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington Collegeāwhere he teachesāthe excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And itās all Eugeneās fault.