{"product_id":"9781427277817","title":"Timequake","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTimequake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e an \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e comes Kurt Vonnegut's \u003ci\u003eTimequake--\u003c\/i\u003e“Wry and trenchant...highly entertaining.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Kurt Vonnegut's alter ego, the old science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur on February 13, 2001, at 2:27 p.m. It will be the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience: Should it go on expanding indefinitely, or collapse and make another great big BANG? For its own cosmic reasons, it decides to back up a decade to 1991, giving the world a 10-year case of deja vu, making everybody and everything do exactly what they'd done during the past decade, for good or ill, a second time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a character in, and a brilliant chronicler of, this bizarre event, Kurt Vonnegut casts his wicked wit and his unique perspective on life as he lived it and observed it, for more than seventy years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781427277817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40647904264398,"sku":"9781427277817","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d6be5004-1b59-4bd9-ac6f-5fad7aee2235.jpg?v=1639188838","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781427277817","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}