Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The novel is achronological and frequently shifts focus between Hoover and Trout, as well as supporting characters like Hoover's son, Bunny, Wayne Hoobler, a man who wants to work under Hoover, and Kurt Vonnegut himself, who appears as the author of the book, having power over the will and actions over his characters. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy businessman who owns much of Midland City, but is becoming increasing mentally unstable.

Kilgore Trout is a widely published, but otherwise unsung and virtually invisible writer who is invited to deliver a keynote address at a local arts festival in distant Midland City. It focuses on two characters: Dwayne Hoover, a Midland resident, Pontiac dealer and affluent figure in the city and Kilgore Trout, a widely published but mostly unknown science fiction author. Breakfast of Champions has themes of free will, suicide, and race relations among others.

Set predominantly in the fictional town of Midland City, Ohio. 1973 1st edition, 3rd printing Delacorte Press publishers, New York hardbound in red cloth boards with gilt stamp signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket good with minor dings on edges - see pics.īreakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel and the seventh novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut.

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.