Breakfast of Champions MP3 CD – MP3 Audio, August 4, 2015

This is one of my favorite books. Its not very long but I love the irreverence and astute social commentary that still rings true.

Funny read. Although somewhat dated in sensibilities. If people don't keep in mind the times this work was created, I can see some would take offense.

There is something in this book for everyone, regardless of orientation.

I like this Vonnegut work, but this printing has issues. Actually I 100% believed the wonky alignment was intentional (to screw with the reader). It seemed to worsen towards the end of the book, so I thought that was intentional as it reached the climax. Nope, just a lousy print job.

The book was published 51 years ago for the first time. It's still a fresher, experimental, and unusual book you can read. My top 10 of the best American books ever.

I bought a collection of books, so am only commenting on product condition and appearances at this time.Clear and legible print. Arrived in perfect condition.Thank You

... and Breakfast of Champions is my first of his to read. While I enjoyed it -- it's odd, it's occasionally funny, it's a blistering (though unsystematic) critique of many social problems, and it has those drawings -- I began growing tired of his writing style toward the final quarter of the book. Don't get me wrong, it is very easy to read. In fact, too easy, but with so many asides and quick thoughts that began to lose their impression on me. I found myself just looking at the paragraphs, hardly reading each individual word, to see what he was saying. And I grew a little bored as a result, even though the story was reaching its finale and I definitely wanted to know how it would end.I don't know. I'm all for satire, surrealism, what have you, but I now hesitate to read any of his other books. If they're written in the same style, I might just skip them. 3.7, rounds to 4, though I'm tempted to round it down to 3.

A story of a stark world of real, made-up people/machines who transform before your eyes, even if your eyes are closed to the real world just as tightly as the characters’ eyes appear to be. A story told with full self-consciousness, that even allows the writer to occupy an space in it, amongst “his” characters. A marvelous satire which is at the same time a parody of its own satire. A story the turns back on itself before releasing us all as “free” to live our own story. Facts make stories, as it is demonstrated throughout the book, but then what if the fact is fiction. Well, then it’s a Vonnegut.

Food for thought at the very least. Lot's of interesting bits in this novel but I wouldn't recommend as an introduction to the author.

I don't think I have read many books written in this style of writing (The little prince comes close to the style of writing but not at all to the humour). I enjoyed reading this book and especially the sketches the author drew to illustrate things (you'd laugh out LOUD- literally). I have been recommending this book to friends offline, and I thought I should leave a review here as well. If you are thinking of buying this one, then go at it already. Easily it will be the top few books you will have read (Yes, it's that good) :)

je vous renie.Livre conseillé aux atypiques amateurs d'humour noir ,de jeu de massacre sur tout ce qui est sensé ,conventionnel.Le chapitre 19 contient et résume l' oeuvre. Un peintre se fait payer cher un tableau intitulé a tentation de Saint Antoine ,tableau se résumant a une bande verticale sur fonds uni.Une grande réception est organisée pour célébrer a gloire locale championne du 200m. brasse .L'artiste dit aux parents "Qu'elle idée de vouloir transformer sa fille en hors-bord"Il se fait agresser verbalement par les habitants pour son tableau si cher qu'un enfant de 5 ans aurait pu faire .Il explique les années de réflexion avant de représenter l'idée d'un ermite assailli de tentations resté fidèle a sa spiritualité comme une bande verticale lumineuse. Tout y est la dérision la réflexion sur l'art avec de multiples digression.:une mines de pépites

This guy is in the top five of my favourite writers of all time and this is a book that does not disappoint at all. What an incredibly inventive and wonderful writer. His observations about life and in particular about Americans are dazzlingly astute, entertaining and scary. I can’t tell if his books are horror or science fiction or psychological thrillers or social commentary or comedy... a bit of all that. What I do know is that they make my life a hell of a lot more tasty.

Como siempre, este autor muestra una sensibilidad especial para representar con humor lo absurdo de la vida humana y sus penas. Te hará reír, mucho, pero a veces con una sonrisa amarga.