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"He is our strongest writer . . . the most  stubbornly imaginative." -- John Irving,  author of The Cider House Rules.

"A gem. . .  a mature, imaginative novel-possibly the best he  has written. . . Jailbird is a  guided tour de force of America. Take it!"  -- Playboy -- Review

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Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government. . .and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portait of power and politics in our times.