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Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.
Titulli: Cat’s Cradle
Origjinali: Cat’s Cradle
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: Kurt Vonnegut
Shtëpia botuese: Penguin Books
Viti: 2011
Fq.224
Pesha: 0.130 kg
ISBN: 978-0-241-95160-6
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Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.