Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut

A small group of apocalypse survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave new human race. Vonnegut is a post-modern Mark Twain. . . . Galapagos is a madcap genealogical adventure.--New York Times Book Review. \nA madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.--The New York Times Book Review \nGal pagos takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Gal pagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America's master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving. \n \nPraise for Gal pagos \n \nThe best Vonnegut novel yet --John Irving \n \n Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.--USA Today \n \nA satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.--The Detroit Free Press \n \n Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.--Susan Isaacs, Newsday \n \n Dark . . . original and funny.--People \n \n A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut's entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.--The Philadelphia Inquirer \n \n Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . Gal pagos is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch \n \n A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.--The Denver Post \n \n Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made Vonnegut] America's preeminent experimental novelist.--The Minneapolis Star and Tribune\n