Deadeye Dick
| File:DeadeyeDick(Vonnegut).jpg Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-440-01780-7 |
| OCLC | 8629582 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3572.O5 D4 1982 |
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Deadeye Dick is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut originally published in 1982.[1]
Plot summary
Another key theme throughout the book is the relationship between Waltz and his parents and brother, Felix. His father, as a young man, lived in Austria and was one of the few people who was actually friends with Adolf Hitler before his rise to power. His father is also a failed artist, who does his best to protect Rudy, to the point when he insists on going to jail just to effectively make a point. Rudy's brother was the president of NBC, who is fired after his fourth marriage breaks up.
Place in the Vonnegut universe
Deadeye Dick is set mostly within fictional Midland City, Ohio, which is also the setting for one of Vonnegut's other seminal works, Breakfast of Champions. Several characters, locations, or concepts from that novel are mentioned in passing or have an active role in the story (e.g. Rabo Karabekian, Dwayne and Celia Hoover, the Mildred Barry Memorial Center for the Arts, and Barrytron Ltd., amongst others).
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Deadeye Dick for White Dwarf #56, and stated that "The Vonnegut idiom of brief, flip, casual paragraphs lets him sneak through some shrewd blows under the lighthearted camouflage, but though often moving the technique sometimes rings hollow [...] Read the book, but warily."[2]
Reviews
- Review by Loree Rackstraw (1990) in Critical Essays on Kurt Vonnegut[3]
References
- ↑ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (November 5, 1982). "Books of The Times". The New York Times. p. 23.
- ↑ Langford, Dave (August 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 56. Games Workshop. p. 16.
- ↑ "Title: Deadeye Dick".
External links
- Vonnegut discusses Deadeye Dick with Martin Amis - a British Library sound recording