Hocus PocusFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Slaughterhouse-Five comes an irresistible novel that combines “clever wit with keen social observation...[and] re-establishes Mr. Vonnegut’s place as the Mark Twain of our times” (Atlanta Journal & Constitution). Here is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. He’s a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But that’s neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington College—where he teaches—the excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And it’s all Eugene’s fault. |
Contents
Section 1 | 8 |
Section 2 | 42 |
Section 3 | 55 |
Section 4 | 97 |
Section 5 | 105 |
Section 6 | 138 |
Section 7 | 143 |
Section 8 | 149 |
Section 9 | 161 |
Section 10 | 198 |
Section 11 | 205 |
Section 12 | 224 |
Section 13 | 261 |
Section 14 | 276 |
Section 15 | 312 |
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