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The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ginger StrandPublish date:2016-11-22Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374536534ISBN-10:374536538UPC:9780374536534Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Science & Technology, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC1DKGDFRE

The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic

Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut

In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab--or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374536534ISBN-10:374536538UPC:9780374536534Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Science & Technology, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC1DKGDFRE
Ginger Strand is the author of three previous books, including Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate. She has written for a wide variety of publications, including Harper's Magazine, This Land, The Believer, Tin House, The New York Times, and Orion, where she is a contributing editor.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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