Why am I passionate about this?
Life is taking a bite of the comedy/tragedy sandwich, savoring the mix of flavors, deciding how you feel about the taste, and taking another bite. I love writing that can gather experiences from across the emotional spectrum and incorporate them into a narrative that is absurd and all the more true because of it. These five books do it better than the rest.
Patrick's book list on absurd humor, twisty plot, and a beating heart
Why did Patrick love this book?
I love Vonnegut because he always brings the big beating heart. His trademark wit and critique are also in full swing as we travel to a recently exploited Caribbean island nation and witness the aftermath of the bizarre religion imposed there.
The book’s infamous MacGuffin of Ice-nine is outrageous and terrifying. Switching endlessly back and forth between emotionally vibrant and darkly amusing, this book is always a favorite re-read.
10 authors picked Cat's Cradle as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
One of America's greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation
Experiment.
Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it.
Solution.
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 eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to…