Player Piano

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.”— San Francisco Chronicle Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality. Praise for Player Piano “An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satiris