Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut supernatural realism Patrick Melrose is on a

Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself

a landmine explosion

The characters exceed the roles of villains and heroes

and the meaning of home

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Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut supernatural realism Patrick Melrose is on a'All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies'. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. 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 in the Caribbean, to madness. Will Felix Hoenikker's death wish come true? Will his