Breakfast of Champions

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I think the book was difficult to write because Slaughterhouse-Five was so good, and Vonnegut knew it would be hard to top. Despite the long gestation period, he wasn't happy with the result and "gave it a C grade on a report card of his published work." The critics were critical of it too, yet it remains one of his best known works - maybe in the wake of SH5's success?

Every artist has to deal with repetition, and Vonnegut tried to tackle it in this book by trying out two new things, but it are not much more than formal attempts, hardly changing the tone and the voice of his writing. The result is that Breakfast of Champions never rises above being generic Vonnegut. A quick dissection if you click the link: