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Canucklehead_Esq t1_jawa6wn wrote

Lost in the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlu.m

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Negative_Gravitas t1_jawkuo8 wrote

Not to be that guy, but it's "Welcome to the Monkey House."

Also, I agree it's great, but folks should know it is a collection of short stories.

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Canucklehead_Esq t1_jawl8w0 wrote

Sorry, old brain. I read that as a teenager

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Negative_Gravitas t1_jaxgujs wrote

No worries at all. Old brain here, too. Also . . . hm. I've been going back to Vonnegut a bit in my senescence. Just re-read Sirens of Titan and Galapagos a couple of months ago. Maybe it's time to give Welcome to the Monkey House another look. It's only been about 45 years. Cheers and good luck out there.

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svevobandini t1_jax5bw9 wrote

Holds many of my favorite short stories, but one in particular gets me every time. "The Manned Missiles"

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Negative_Gravitas t1_jaxh7hp wrote

Damn. I had forgotten that one. Epistolary, right? I think I need to go back to that book. I also think I have a copy of it here somewhere . . . thanks for the reminder and best of luck out there.

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svevobandini t1_jaxxc3p wrote

Yes, an American father and Russian father writing back and forth. Incredible.

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