{"product_id":"slaughterhouse-5-9781784879822","title":"Slaughterhouse 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eRead Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003e‘An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist’ New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kurt Vonnegut\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Second World War fiction, Science fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 Oct 2024 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kurt Vonnegut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320586936698,"sku":"9781784879822","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781784879822.jpg?v=1790658447","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/slaughterhouse-5-9781784879822","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}