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Deadeye Dick by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Bookseller: Century Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 5132
- Format: Hardback
- Book condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
- Edition: Later printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0440017807
- ISBN 13: 9780440017806
- Publisher: Delacorte Press
- Date published: 1982
- Pages: 240
Description
Delacorte Press, 1982. Hardback Later printing Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Remainder pattern on bottom edge, light shelfwear. Opening line: 'To the as-yet-unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.' ISBN: 0440017807
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book. remainder : Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder mark. shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Book summary
As a child in Midland City, Ohio, Rudolph Waltz fired off an errant round from his father's rifle, accidentally killing a pregnant woman. As a result his family is ruined, and he is jailed and beaten. Given the cruel nickname "Deadeye Dick," he is doomed to a life of shame, guilt, and repentance. After a failed attempt at being a playwright, he moves to Haiti and opens a restaurant. Meanwhile, back in Ohio, a neutron bomb blows Midland City off the map, killing everyone. Kurt Vonnegut's perennial themes of absurdity, randomness, and tragedy are vividly presented, though the rambling plot does not always support them as satisfactorily as it does in his other efforts.
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