A holy (*) book in this novel describes teams called "karass" and a feet-touching ritual in some of its many "calypso" poems.
In this novel, a painter tells the protagonist that he attended a school for "grotesque children," where the principal started each day by declaring he was "sick and tired." A couple in this novel consists of a bicycle manufacturer who loves the insult "pissant" and a woman who is proud of being an "Indiana Hoosier." In this novel's setting, all crimes are punished with impalement on "the hook." A holy (*) book in this novel describes teams called "karass" and a feet-touching ritual in some of its many "calypso" poems. The narrator of this novel encounters the religion Bokononism on the island of San Lorenzo, which he travels to while researching a book on Felix Honecker, the inventor of "ice-nine." For 10 points, name this novel by Kurt Vonnegut named for a string game.
In this novel, a painter tells the protagonist that he attended a school for "grotesque children," where the principal started each day by declaring he was "sick and tired."
Cat's Cradle