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Hocus Pocus
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425161296
ISBN: 0425161293
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: October 01, 1997
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Studio: Berkley Trade
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Rating:  - Hilarious and thought-provoking
Though not his best work, and not what I would recommend to the uninitiated Vonnegut fan, this book is well worth the price and an excellent read. I could hardly put it down. My recommendation: order every book he published and read them all. Then, wait a year and read them again.
Rating: - Not for people who don't like to think
There's so much more to this book than meets the eye. I love books that don't insult my intelligence. Once again, Vonnegut is brilliant!
Rating: - A Good Read
Hocus Pocus, with it's lack of dialog and slow build-up, may be difficult for many to get through. For these reasons I don't give it a perfect review, but I don't think that should stop anyone from picking it up. I actually liked the fact that it was meatier than most Vonnegut novels, which are usually short and concise. This allows Hocus Pocus to have a depth to it which is more reminicent of BlueBeard or Player Piano than his more famous works like Cat's Cradle and Slaughter-House Five. The downside ... Read More
Rating: - What a Gem
I bought this book on impulse, never having heard of it before. I had been reading (and writing) mainly non-fiction for some time, but thought I'd take a fiction time-out with a Vonnegut book that was nicely discounted. What I stumbled upon was a true gem.
Vonnegut, to be succinct, gets it. He understands man's limitations as well as man's inability to admit to those limitations, and through a satirical account of (Vietnam War vet and college professor) Eugene Debs Hartke's fall from grace ... Read More
Rating: - Not for the Uninitiated Vonnegut Reader, but Great for Fans
Unlike the other Vonnegut novels that I have read, "Hocus Pocus" seems to come dangerously close to biting off more than it can chew -- and for the first half of the book it does. It takes a full hundred-and-fifty pages or so for Vonnegut to get a handle on all of the disparate themes that have crammed their way into this novel: racial strife, economic strife, the state of education in America, the follies of elitism, the de-humanizing effects of war (a Vonnegut favorite), love, sex, marriage, alcoholism, ... Read More
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