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Galapagos

By: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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About this listen

Galapagos takes the listener back one million years to AD 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, totally different human race.

Kurt Vonnegut, America's master satirist, looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry - and all that is worth saving.

As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of Kurt Vonnegut's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview – where James Atlas interviews Gay Talese about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut – begins as soon as the audiobook ends.

This production is part of our Audible Modern Vanguard line, a collection of important works from groundbreaking authors.©1985 Kurt Vonnegut (P)2008 Audible, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Satire Science Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Beautiful...provocative, arresting reading." ( USA Today)
"Vonnegut is a post-modern Mark Train....Galapagos is a madcap genealogical adventure." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"The best Vonnegut novel yet!" (John Irving)
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As always Vonnegut makes you think. I found this book enjoyable and the narrator was very good too.

Interesting

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Really enjoyed this- the humour, the gloomy view of people, the ideas.

Brilliant

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interesting and well written but I struggled to follow the plot as it drifted around.

The problem with my brain being too small

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Not as well known as his others, but this is a fantastic Vonnegut audiobook. Had me chuckling away and pondering the meaning of it all...

Brilliant

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I haven’r read or listened to a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book for 15 or 20 years. After listening to this one, which I hadn’t read before, I’ll listen to some more… though some of them need to be read since they have relevant drawings. I loved the simple device of our supposed evolutionary advantage turning out to be our downfall. I can’t imagine there’s anyone who would not enjoy this.

I enjoyed it very much

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