num_pages: 231
description: Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale preys on our deepest fears of Armageddon. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy. 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, to madness. Hoenikker's death-wish comes true when his last, fatal, gift brings about an end that, for all of us, is nigh.
language: English
title: Cat's Cradle
titlecomplete: Cat's Cradle (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
characters: Mona Aamons Monzano, "Papa" Monzano, Frank Hoenikker, John (divers), Newt Hoenikker, Bokonon, Angela Hoenikker, Emily Hoenikker
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, American, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, 20th Century
ratings_count: 392315
places: Ilium
awards: awardedAt: -189360000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Gollancz