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Book Review By John Marcel
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

Eugene Debs Hartke is a Vietnam veteran known as the Preacher because he doesn't utter profanities. The book takes place at Tarkington College where Eugene has become a teacher. Across the valley there is a prison for Black prisoners run by a Japanese corporation. The story interweaves Vonnegut's comments on the social woes of mankind and the socio-economic state of America in 2001 with anti war feelings towards WWI WWII Hiroshima and the Vietnam War. The background is a jailbreak which takes over the town and in which Eugene is irrevocably caught up. Vonnegut weaves the characters with his own philosophy on life. Classic Vonnegut!


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Political/social activism Yes
Plotlet:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 60's-90's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
Age: - long-lived adults

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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