Jailbird

<p><b><i>J'ailbird </i>has the crackle and snap of Vonnegut's early work - his best since <i>Cat's Cradle</i>. Using the laid-back, ironic voice that has become his stademark, Vonnegut combines fiction and fact to construct an ingenious, wry morality play' - <i>Newsweek</i></b><br><br><b>Vonnegut's riotous urban fairytale about the various fiascos of the Nixon years - a firm fan favourite</b><br><br>Walter J. Starbuck’s life was on the up. With a Harvard education, a job in federal government and then in Nixon’s White House, everything was going great. Only things took a truly spectacular turn for the worse when his involvement in the Watergate scandal landed him in jail.<br><br>Now, as the brave new world of the 1980s dawns, Starbuck is finally free and on his way back into the world. This is the story of the first twenty-four hours after his release, told with Kurt Vonnegut’s razor-sharp wit and satirical bite.</p> <p><b><i>J'ailbird </i>has the crackle and snap of Vonnegut's early work - his best since <i>Cat's Cradle</i>. Using the laid-back, ironic voice that has become his stademark, Vonnegut combines fiction and fact to construct an ingenious, wry morality play' - <i>Newsweek</i></b><br><br><b>Vonnegut's riotous urban fairytale about the various fiascos of the Nixon years - a firm fan favourite</b><br><br>Walter J. Starbuck’s life was on the up. With a Harvard education, a job in federal government and then in Nixon’s White House, everything was going great. Only things took a truly spectacular turn for the worse when his involvement in the Watergate scandal landed him in jail.<br><br>Now, as the brave new world of the 1980s dawns, Starbuck is finally free and on his way back into the world. This is the story of the first twenty-four hours after his release, told with Kurt Vonnegut’s razor-sharp wit and satirical bite.</p>