Bluebeard

ΓÇ£Ranks with VonnegutΓÇÖs best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous,soaring fiction.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Atlanta Journal and Constitution Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekianwhoat age seventy-onewants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life storyΓÇöand Vonnegut in turn tells us the plainheart-hammering truth about manΓÇÖs careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves. Praise for Bluebeard ΓÇ£Vonnegut is at his edifying best.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Philadelphia Inquirer ΓÇ£The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talentsΓÇösatireironyridiculeslapstickand even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Cincinnati Post ΓÇ£[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöSan Francisco Chronicle ΓÇ£It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöUSA Today ΓÇ£Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage VonnegutΓÇögood wine from his best grapes.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Detroit News ΓÇ£A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz alongwhat you observe may provide some new perspectives.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöKansas City Star