Cat's Cradle
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Chapter Book · 1963

Cat's Cradle

Written by Kurt Vonnegut

A deadly invention threatens to freeze the world. Can it be stopped?

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Dr. Felix Hoenikker's creation, 'ice-nine', can freeze the planet. As the world teeters on the brink, his eccentric children and a Caribbean dictator hold the key to humanity's fate. Will madness prevail, or can the impending doom be averted?

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Dr 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 ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
178
Audience
Adult
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Book details

Publication
Published
December 1, 1999
First published
January 1, 1963
Publisher
Penguin Group(CA)
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780140285604

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