Slapstick or Lonesome No More

<p>Manhattan has become the Island of Death. <br><br>The former President of the United States stands barefoot in a purple toga around a cooking fire in the lobby of the Empire State Building. <br><br>He is Dr Wilbur Daffodil-II Swain and <i>Slapstick or Lonesome No More!</i> is his story – one of monstrous twins, orgies, revenge, golf, utopian schemes, and very little tooth brushing. In this post-apocalyptic black comedy – dedicated to Laurel and Hardy – Vonnegut is at his most hilarious, grotesque, and personal.</p> <p>Manhattan has become the Island of Death. <br><br>The former President of the United States stands barefoot in a purple toga around a cooking fire in the lobby of the Empire State Building. <br><br>He is Dr Wilbur Daffodil-II Swain and <i>Slapstick or Lonesome No More!</i> is his story – one of monstrous twins, orgies, revenge, golf, utopian schemes, and very little tooth brushing. In this post-apocalyptic black comedy – dedicated to Laurel and Hardy – Vonnegut is at his most hilarious, grotesque, and personal.</p>