Player Piano

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Vonnegut’s novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society.

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Player Piano is the debut novel from one of history’s most innovative authors, published on Vonnegut’s 100th birthday.

In Player Piano, the first of Vonnegut’s wildly funny and deadly serious novels, automata have dramatically reduced the need for America’s work force. Ten years after the introduction of these robot labourers, the only people still working are the engineers and their managers, who live in Ilium; everyone else lives in Homestead, an impoverished part of town characterised by purposelessness and mass produced houses.

Paul Proteus is the manager of Ilium Works. While grateful to be held in high regard, Paul begins to feel uneasy about his position – especially after a trip to Homestead. Eventually, Paul makes the decision to rebel against all he’s been given, inciting seismic repercussions…

‘His black logic…gives us something to laugh about and much to fear’ New York Times Book Review

Watch the documentary about his life – Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time – on Prime

Additional information

Weight 0.249 kg
Dimensions 20 × 13 × 2.1 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K