"Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best."
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Cats Cradle is by far the best Vonnegut novel that I have read. Blending his patented wry humor with acute social insight presented in an absurd fantasy world , Vonnegut has written an exceptional novel about love, lies and self-destruction of humanity. The story revolves around the narrator , Jonah, who are called by name once in the entire book . We are told in the beginning, to write a book about the events of the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. His research led to a correspondence with Newt Hoenikker , the dwarf son of Doctor Felix Hoenikker , father of the atomic bomb . After meeting with Newt , destiny leads our protagonist to the island republic poor of San Lorenzo, where among other adventures , he finds religion , falls in love and becomes president . Naturally, you would have been a very entertaining book , but it's not in the story line that Vonnegut genius lies. Cats Cradle is filled with painfully precise ideas in our institutions so dear community, such as religion, politics and science. Vonnegut invents for the inhabitants of San Lorenzo a brand new database completely and admittedly on " FOMA " religion, or lies. It would not be so shocking, except for the fact that " bokonism " seems quite logical. Other Vonnegut irony pervades the book and is too complex to go into. Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite author of all time. Cats Cradle is one of his funniest , most absurd and frightening novels. This book really makes a stop and think about things that you definitely applies . All the amazing people, places , things and ideas in Cats Cradle are intricately woven into a perfect tapestry that summarizes and explains the many problems even created mankind in 191 pages .