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Amid a true vonnegutian host of horrorsa double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a neutron bombrudy waltz, aka deadeye dick, takes us along on a zany search for absolution and. The letters of note book courtesy of the estate of kurt vonnegut. The main characters of this non fiction, writing story are. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format.
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