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Title: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: Or Pearls Before Swine by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333471 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.02
Rating: 3
Summary: Not one of Vonnegut's best, but a good book.
Comment: GOD BLESS YOU MR.ROSEWATER was a fun book to read but it went nowhere! Until I got to the last page, I was waiting for something exciting to happen but that excitement never came.
The story is of Eliot Rosewater who is the president of the enormously rich Rosewater Foundation. Eliot gives money to anyone who asks and gives everyone his kindness and love. But Norman Mushari, a nasty lawyer, is out to prove that Eliot is insane and the family foundation should be given to a distant cousin.
This book was published in 1965 and was one of Vonnegut's first 5 books. This is a good book but definitely not one of the esteemed writer's best. This book is a fun quick read and I would recommend reading it. But for anyone under the age of 15, it would bore the hell out of them.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pearls Before Swine
Comment: Eliot Rosewater is giving away his money (and love and attention) to deserving people... and some maybe not so deserving. This proves he is crazy. Hence the subtitle "Pearls Before Swine."
That's the setup in this minor Vonnegut novel. Eliot has no illusions about the quality of the people he sometimes helps or how far his help will go. But he insists that the world would be a better place if everyone gave a little something to each other. This in turn sets Eliot up for a confrontation with a lawyer and his Senator father as the family fortune is threatened because Eliot can be proven insane. After all, he's giving it away. He must be crazy. Kilgore Trout comes to the rescue with his usual comically inverted (and yet somehow truer) morals.
This isn't Vonnegut's best but it is a pleasant and gentle novel with a bit of a moral and some good comic moments. A nice read.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Vonneguts Masterpieces
Comment: "God Bless you, Mr. Rosewater", is one of Kurt Vonnegut's greatest books. It is based around Eliot Rosewater, a warm hearted, eccentric millionare, and presendent of the Rosewater Corporation, a incredibly rich foundation that is passed along from father to son. He abandons the high life in NYC, and moves to Rosewater County in Indiana, his family's home. Eliot begins to help the poor people (which is all of Rosewater County) with their personal problems, and soon becomes the "father" of them all. A lawyer, seeking the Rosewater fortune for himself, sets out prove that Eliot is insane. I won't tell you the ending, but suffice to say that it is excellent. Vonnegut shows us thatmoney isn't everything, and a poor person from Indiana is just as important as a Senator from New York. A matchless book.
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Title: Mother Night by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385334141 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333498 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Jailbird by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333900 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Slapstick: Or Lonesome No More! by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385334230 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333501 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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