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With michael sacks, ron leibman, eugene roche, sharon gans. Description book welcome to the monkey house by kurt vonnegut this shortstory collection welcome to the monkey house 1968 incorporates almost completely vonnegut s 1961 canary in a cathouse, which appeared within a few months of slaughterhousefive and capitalized upon that breakthrough novel and the enormous attention it suddenly brought. Books by juhani jaskari author of teurastamo 5 goodreads. Featured novels and short stories by kurt vonnegut. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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