Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions is Kurt Vonnegut's seventh novel, first published by Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence in New York in 1973, with a Jonathan Cape London edition that year. Illustrated with his own felt-tip drawings, it satirises America through car dealer Dwayne Hoover and writer Kilgore Trout.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Delacorte Press, 1973
- First published
- Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1973
- First UK edition
- Jonathan Cape, 1973
The first edition of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut was published in New York by Delacorte Press in 1973. We track 2 editions.
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First edition
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Breakfast of Champions film, 1999
Setting and characters
- Set in
- United States
- Characters
- Eliot Rosewater, Kilgore Trout
- Genre
- humorous fiction, science fiction, metafiction, satirical fiction
Read next
- Comes after
- Slaughterhouse-Five
In print
- Editions recorded
- 60 on Open Library, 34 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 19 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
Pictures of the book
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Who published the first edition of Breakfast of Champions?
The first edition of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut was published in New York by Delacorte Press in 1973.
How many editions of Breakfast of Champions are there?
We track 2 editions of Breakfast of Champions, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Breakfast of Champions been adapted?
Yes, including Breakfast of Champions (film, 1999), according to Wikidata.
What should I read after Breakfast of Champions?
In order, it follows Slaughterhouse-Five, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- Breakfast of Champions, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2026 (sf-encyclopedia.com)
- Breakfast of Champions, John Atkinson Books (johnatkinsonbooks.co.uk)
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