Lawrence's Staff Picks


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Book cover for "Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday!"
Star rating for Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday!
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel depicting a science fiction writer's struggle to find peace and sanity in the world
Book cover for "Cat's cradle"
Star rating for Cat's cradle
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
A young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.
Book cover for "God bless you, Mr. Rosewater, or, Pearls before swine"
Star rating for God bless you, Mr. Rosewater, or, Pearls before swine
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" is a comic masterpiece. Eliot Rosewater, drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature...with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
Book cover for "Northanger Abbey"
Star rating for Northanger Abbey
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine...
Book cover for "Welcome to the monkey house"
Star rating for Welcome to the monkey house
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision.