Looked like an interesting title and I had never read a single Vonnegut book so I bought it in Abids. It looked like an easy read but it was not. It goes all over the place and demands your attention in a funny way - it requires a space between mind1 and mind 2. Apparently his most famous book is titled 'Slaughterhouse Five' which is based on his personal experience in the army when he witnessed the destruction of Dresden.
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Anyway this book is full of illustrations which drive the story forward and make for easier reading. The book is also titled Goodbye Blue Monday but it never is mentioned on the cover and it is his 7th novel where Dwayne Hoover a car dealership owner who is slowly losing his marbles is heading to meet Kilgore Trout a broke, sci fi author who has many books published without his knowledge. Along their journeys towards each other they find themselves meeting people like truck drivers and car salesmen, salesmen, receptionists who are mistresses, black people, and towards the end they find that Trout, who has a very rich man as his fan, has won the Nobel Prize and Hoover commits suicide after being inspired by Trout's novel.
Its apparently brilliant work. I could not make sense of it while reading and wish those who read it luck. Apparently a film was made based on the book with Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte and was withdrawn from theatrical release after some negative criticism.
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