Timequake

AccordingtoVonnegut`salterego,science-fictionwriterKilgoreTroutaglobaltimequakewilloccurinNewYorkCityon13February2001.Itisthemomentwhentheuniversesuffersacrisisofconscience.Shoulditexpandormakeagreatbigbang?Itdecidestobackupadecadeto1991,makingeveryoneintheworldenduretenyearsofdejavuandatotallossoffreewill-nottomentionrelivingeverynanosecondofoneofthetawdiestandmosthollowdecades.In1996,deadcentreofthe`re-run'VonnegutiswrestlingagainwithTime-quake1,abookhecouldn`twritethefirsttimeandwon`tbeabletonow.Ashestruggles,headdresses,withhistrademarkwickedwit,therelationshipbetweenmemoryanddejavu,humanism,suicide,theGreatDepressionandWorldWar11asthelastgeneratedcharacterbuilders,thelossofAmericaneloquence,theobsolescentthrillofreadingbooks,andwhat`extendedfamily'reallymeans.