A satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indeible mark on an entire generation of readers, "Cat's Cradle" is one of the twentieth century's most important works---and Vonnegut at...