Title: the "failed book" is a device, kids
Product review: I am startled by the many reader reviews that completely miss the fact that the so-called "failed book" is a literary device employed by Vonnegut to frame the story. This is probably his best work since "Breakfast of Champions," which employed a similar device, inserting Vonnegut into the fictional action. (Were readers supposed to think that Vonnegut had actually been attacked by a junkyard dog in the "real" world?) Yes, the machinery is all onstage for everyone to see, but that is a very large part of Vonnegut's charm.
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