Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today's follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Vonnegut's pen into hilarious farce (a final slapstick that may be the Almighty's joke on us all.) "Vonnegut's ongoing puppet show... that fabulous is reborn." -- John Updike. "Both funny and sad... just about perfect!" -- Los Angeles Times. "Imaginative and hilarious... a brilliant vision of our wrecked, wacked-out future."-- Hartford Courant.