Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Welcome to the Monkey House

Stories

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 8, 1998

“[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . .

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Genres
Short Stories (Single Author), Satire, Dark Humor
Published
Random House Publishing Group, September 8, 1998

About this book

“[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending.”—The Charlotte Observer Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works.

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Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?” “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Long Walk to Forever” “The Foster Portfolio” “Miss Temptation” “All the King’s Horses” “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog” “New Dictionary” “Next Door” “More Stately Mansions” “The Hyannis Port Story” “D.P.” “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” “The Euphio Question” “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son” “Deer in the Works” “The Lie” “Unready to Wear” “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” “The Manned Missiles” “Epicac” “Adam” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

Wry Dispatches

Come here for

  • sharp, comic science fiction with a literary edge
  • the Vonnegut voice: dry, nimble, slightly feral

Expect

  • short-form momentum
  • equal parts amusement and unease

Where it sits

Short Stories (Single Author)90%
Satire79%
Dark Humor42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Satire
Authors
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
September 8, 1998
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Literary Fiction