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Kurt Vonnegut, Tony Roberts: Cat's Cradle (AudiobookFormat, 2007, HarperAudio) 5 stars

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic …

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4 stars

My copy of Cat's Cradle was audio from Audible, narrated by Tony Roberts. I'm sure that there's still more layers to this novel that passed me by, but I enjoyed its wicked humour and sharp observations of human behaviour. The storyline is wonderfully outlandish and I would be interested to know if the science of Ice Nine is even feasible? However, it is the calypsos of the Bokononist faith that I think will be the most memorable for me. The astute comments on religion, power, learning and life are so true.