The Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with elements of science fiction, by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut's fourth novel, first published in 1963, in which the author examines key issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often using black humor.
Annie Trimble, the eighteen-year-old daughter of an aging judge in the Oregon town of Hooperville, is considered retarded. She is raped by the younger of the Montgomery brothers. When the girl becomes pregnant, she is married off to her older brother, Ale