Breakfast of Champions

One of Kurt Vonnegut’s most outrageous and beloved novels, Breakfast of Champions is a wildly funny, razor-sharp satire of modern America.

Kilgore Trout, Vonnegut’s aging and struggling science-fiction writer, is horrified to discover that a wealthy Midwestern car dealer has begun taking his fictional stories as literal truth. As their lives hurtle toward an unforgettable encounter, Vonnegut turns his irreverent gaze on a society grappling with war, sex, racism, politics, pollution, and the relentless pursuit of success.

Murderously funny, brilliantly strange, and unexpectedly moving, Breakfast of Champions is classic Vonnegut: a fearless examination of the absurdities of human life, and a reminder to look more closely at the world around us.