{"product_id":"slaughterhouse-5-by-kurt-vonnegut-9780099800200","title":"Slaughterhouse 5","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlaughterhouse 5\u003c\/em\u003e by Kurt Vonnegut is a masterpiece and one of the very best anti-war novels ever written. Known for being both beloved and banned, it has been rejacketed with a brilliant, witty new look for the Vonnegut backlist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist\"\u003c\/em\u003e - New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBilly Pilgrim - hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower, and soldier - has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTravel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say - it is of the utmost urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - George Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46193673797868,"sku":"9780099800200","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099800200.jpg?v=1739845714","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/slaughterhouse-5-by-kurt-vonnegut-9780099800200","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}