false <![CDATA[Jailbird]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517168m/4987.jpg 4987 24 <b>Jailbird</b> takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government...and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times. 1384043 1979 Jailbird total:3601|5:679|4:1518|3:1189|2:193|1:22| 3601 13442 4774 118 3 1 false false Thu Feb 19 09:49:52 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:41:24 -0700 2009
The prose was classic Vonnegut, light, fast paced and strangely hilarious. I look at Vonnegut as many look upon their grandfathers. There ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 10:30:55 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 11:58:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 15 12:40:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 16:38:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 18:24:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 09:20:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 11 11:58:10 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 12:06:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 14:16:44 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 14:22:20 -0700 2009

He gave me the key, which I later discovered would open practically every door in the hotel. I thanked him, and I made a small mistake we irony collectors often make: I tried to share an irony with a stranger. It can’t be done. I told him I had been in the Arapahoe before—in Nineteen-hundred and...

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Jailbird is the memoir of a fictional, virtually unknown member of the Nixon administration who goes to prison following the Watergate scandal. The story bears all the hallmarks of Vonnegut - dark humor, quirky characte...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:18:19 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:20:26 -0700 2009
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