{"product_id":"galapagos-a-novel-1","title":"Galapagos A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalápagos \u003c\/i\u003etakes 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 Galápagos 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best Vonnegut novel yet!”\u003cb\u003e—John Irving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “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.”\u003cb\u003e—Susan Isaacs, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Dark . . . original and funny.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “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.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . \u003ci\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Wacky wit and irreverent imagination .  . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America’s preeminent experimental novelist.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48634286899455,"sku":"*R0117028*","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/4676953482325_bb57f5b3-418b-4b55-aa45-5c52afad7805.jpg?v=1780675992","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/galapagos-a-novel-1","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}