{"product_id":"9780241951606","title":"Cat's Cradle","description":"Author: Vonnegut, Kurt\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241951606\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Felix Hoenikker's death wish come true? Will his last, fatal gift to humankind bring about the end that, for all of us, is nigh?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global apocalypse preys on our deepest fears of witnessing the end and, worse still, surviving it . . .","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48135679541406,"sku":"UBD-9780241951606","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241951606.jpg?v=1786626766","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241951606","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}