The meaningless of it all is examined in Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens Of Titan. Winston Niles Rumfoord has been for want of a better word ascended to a plane of higher existence along with his dog. He is able to see all that will be with godlike wisdom but can only exist as a corporeal being for brief periods on earth every fifty nine days. Malachi Constant is a spoilt multi-millionaire playboy whose every whim, fancy and fetish is catered for. He is told by Rumfoord that he will undertake a journey across the solar system and that Rumfoord's estranged wife will become Malachi's partner on this foretold adventure of a lifetime. This novel is told with such a fluid and cynical view that you cannot help but be drawn into the sheer ludicrousness of Mankind's search for meaning in the cosmos. Funny, showing us (homo sapiens) for the silly little trifling things we believe we are not, and yet refuse to accept . It's not a book which questions you to question your faith but one which exposes how we go about doing what we do and why? It can be enjoyed either as pure farce or on some deeper philosophical level. Whichever you choose or this book opens your eyes, heart, soul or common sense to - you will love The Sirens Of Titan.

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