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false <![CDATA[Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166031123m/9591.jpg 9591 9 Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions) is a rare opportunity to experience Kurt Vonnegut speaking in his own voice about his own life, his views of the world, his writing, and the writing of others. An indignant, outrageous, always witty, and deeply felt collection of reviews, essays, and speeches, this work is a window not only into Vonnegut’s mind...but also into his heart. “A great cosmic comedian and a rattler of human skeletons, an idealist disguised as a pessimist…has written a book filled with madness and truth and absurdity and self-revelation.”— St. Louis Post-Dispatch “He is our strongest writer…the most stubbornly imaginative.”—John Irving * The New York Times 517656 1974 Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons total:2144|5:398|4:804|3:776|2:152|1:14| 2144 7852 2873 43 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Sep 05 07:51:23 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 04:37:28 -0700 2007
Specifically, Vietnam, but also a heartbreaking piece on Biafra, which existed "for three Christmases and a little more"; a countr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 06 11:30:56 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 05:44:13 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 10:59:40 -0700 2007
On America, Vonnegut says:

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Some of it is crap.

Some of it is astounding: only a few souls showed up for a writers retreat that hosted him, Richard Yates, and a couple other guys.
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