Home
/
Fiction
/
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
Jan 10, 2026 1:16 AM

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

'Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched' J. G. Ballard

This bitterly funny Cold War satire on the end of the world expresses our deepest fears of Armageddon, and has become a counter-culture classic.

'A satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion' Jay McInerney

'The closest thing we had to a Voltaire' Tom Wolfe

'The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting' The New York Times

Reviews

At once a classic of science fiction, a playful brainteaser about geometry, a pointed satire of Victorian manners - and, finally, a strangely compelling argument about reason, faith, and the greatest mysteries of the universe

—— The Wall Street Journal

Creepy and packed with suspense and menace, it draws the reader into a community that has more than its fair share of skeletons to hide.

—— Daily Mail

Dark and twisty, and full of surprises and so smartly done.

—— Joanna Cannon

S J Watson has done it again. Even more compelling than Before I Go To Sleep

—— Lesley Kara

S J Watson, pacing his story with mesmerising expertise, keeps you so invested in the fates of his characters

—— Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express

I loved that behind this disturbing and clever plot there's a genuinely heartrending story.

—— Emma Curtis

An intriguing and unsettling new thriller.

—— Fabulous

If you go down to Blackwood Bay, you're in for a dark surprise. FINAL CUT is a masterfully tense, taut and terrifying thriller.

—— Tim Glister

There are so many twist and turns I was out of breath when I finished

—— Matt Cain

An expertly crafted thriller. Claustrophobic and unnerving. Watson at his very best.

—— Will Carver

A twisty psychological thriller.

—— Choice Magazine

Incredibly atmospheric and captivating. I loved the way the mystery unfolded.

—— Karen Hamilton

Watson is fascinating on the ins and outs of memory, and paces his story with mesmerising expertise.

—— Sunday Express

[Broken Ghost is] brim-full of such lovely stuff, though all leavened by an almost biblical anger at the ruptured, fractured state of things, Griffiths balancing such opposing forces in a writing style muscular enough to wrestle you to the ground and leave you panting.

—— National.Cymru

This exceptional debut is not for the faint-hearted… An honest account of an escalating situation and a woman’s bravery in speaking out

—— Woman

As a meditation the trauma of rape, Price’s debut is compelling and thought-provoking… the darker the narrative grows, the more brightly Price’s prose glimmers

—— Hephzibah Anderson , Mail on Sunday

What Red Was introduces an exciting new voice to fiction… Narratives are cleverly interwoven to create a richly textured whole. The writing is polished, wise and possessed of remarkable emotional intelligence. Price is just 26; I cannot wait to see what she produces next

—— Hannah Beckerman , Observer

This debut is incredibly wrought, smartly written and very, very timely… powerful

—— UK Press Syndication

Impressive

—— Patricia Nicol , Sunday Times

Alcoholism, strained friendship and trauma, as well as the power of storytelling, are all sharply expressed

—— Ella Walker , i

Feel the sharp edge of Price’s prose… capturing the horrendously common nature of rape…is Price’s greatest accomplishment

—— Rowan Hisayo Buchanan , Guardian

A scorching and original read... The story of a young girl whose life is torn apart

—— Style Summer Reading, Sunday Times

An exceptionally accomplished debut novel with strongly drawn characters. It is nuanced, true to life and it will make you burn with rage. Price has not shied away from tackling challenging material here: consent, sexual assault, substance abuse, self-harm and depression are just some of the topics that she deftly examines

—— SheerLuxe

Unputdownable... A powerful and haunting tale of friendship, privilege and abuse

—— Independent

This outstanding debut novel explore the aftermath of trauma as well as class, addiction and family dynamics

—— Hannah Beckerman , Sunday Express, *Books of the Year*

What Red Was is an impressively successful debut... if you are looking for a gripping yet thought-provoking read which will have you hooked from the first page, look no further than What Red Was

—— Libby Wright , Palantinte

A gripping tale at once unfamiliar and unmistakably universal

—— BookRiot

A gripping portrait of four young women in South Korea... its focus on the tangled and complicated nature of female friendship is universally familiar and fascinating

—— Refinery 29

Hypnotising... you won't want to put it down until the very last page

—— Harper's Bazaar

You'll find sisterhood at the heart of this ambitious book

—— New York Times Book Review

Tremain's extraordinary imagination has produced a powerful, unsettling novel in which two worlds and cultures collide

—— Cath Kidson Magazine

Tremain writes about this part of France so well because she has known it since childhood, and she captures a sensuality in the landscape that is both attractive and eerie... It is an enthralling book about the catastrophic disruption honesty can bring

—— Siobhan Kane , Irish Times

The novel has all the formal structure of a medieval morality tale, along with its traditional dichotomies: rus and urbe, avarice and asceticism, chastity and lust

—— Guardian

Rose Tremain's thrilling Trespass is set in an obsure valley in Southern France... To be read slowly; Tremain's writing is too exquisite to hurry

—— The Times

Timeless but rooted; tangible but otherworldly. Meticulously plotted, with the musty sadness that comes of cleaving to the past, Trespass will reward your reading time

—— Scotland on Sunday

Rose Tremain's novel begins with a scream and barely loosens its grip amid the sumptuously written pages that follow...subtly harnesses the stifling heat and dangerously feral landscape of southern France to unspool a psychologically disconcerting story of family skeletons and outsider tensions

—— Metro

Like a sinister edition of A Place In the Sun directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with the depth and subtlety that make the book far more than a mere thriller

—— You Magazine (Daily Mail)
Comments
Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdbook.com All Rights Reserved