Cat's Cradle-猫的摇篮

作者：Kurt Vonnegut

书名：Cat's Cradle《猫的摇篮》

中文简介：《猫的摇篮》（1963）是黑色幽默的代表作之一。其背景是个虚构的岛国“山洛伦佐”。此国的统治者是宗教领袖博克侬和政治领袖、暴君麦克凯布，他们两人表面上势不两立，实际上互相利用，根本目的是要把社会推入巨大的恐怖之中。书中到处都有自相矛盾、违反学理的幽默，如博克侬填写表格时，在“业余活动”一栏里填写的是“活着”，而在“主要职业”下面填写的却是“死亡”。 曾提名雨果奖。

英文简介：Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's 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. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...