Galápagos

**“A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.” * *— *The New York Times Book Review*** *** Galápagos* takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America’ s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry–and all that is worth saving. **Praise for *Galápagos*** “The best Vonnegut novel yet!” **—John Irving** “Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.” **— *USA Today*** * *“A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.”* *—* The Detroit Free Press*** “Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.” **—Susan Isaacs, *Newsday*** “Dark . . . original and funny.” **— *People*** “A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut’s entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.” **— *The Philadelphia Inquirer*** “Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . *Galápagos* is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.” **— *St. Louis Post-Dispatch*** “A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.” **— *The Denver Post*** “Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America’s preeminent experimental novelist.” **— *The Minneapolis Star and Tribune***