num_pages: 246
description: Jailbird takes us into a fractured &amp; comic world of high crimes &amp; misdemeanors in government &amp; the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to Nixon White House to penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts &amp; calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portait of power &amp; politics in our times.
language: English
title: Jailbird
titlecomplete: Jailbird
characters: Kilgore Trout, Walter F. Starbuck
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, American, Politics, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 23894
places: The United States of America
publisher: Delacorte