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Hocus pocus

by Kurt Vonnegut

Set in a near-future America, this novel follows Eugene Debs Hartke, a Vietnam veteran and former college professor imprisoned in a state reformatory. Writing on scrap paper, he recounts his absurd life, exposing the hypocrisy and injustice of his society.

Accession 10221 ISBN 0099877104 Publisher Vintage Books
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