Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus, or What’s the Hurry, Son? is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Like many of Vonnegut’s novels, Hocus Pocus uses a non-linear narrative and has a plot centered on a major event heavily alluded to until the final chapters.


Uncorrected Proof

1990
(Trade Paperback)
Putnam Publishing


First Edition — First Printing

September – 1990
(Standard Hardcover)
Putnam Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780399135248
ISBN-10: 0399135243


UK First Edition — First Printing

1990
(Standard Hardcover)
Jonathan Cape Publishing


Book Club Edition — First Printing

September – 1990
(Standard Hardcover)
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Putnam Publishing


UK Trade Edition — First Printing

January – 1991
(Trade Paperback)
Vintage Books – London
ISBN-13: 9780099877103
ISBN-10: 0099877104


Mass Market Edition — First Printing

November – 1991
(Mass Market Paperback)
Berkley Press
ISBN-13: 9780425130216
ISBN-10: 0425130215


Mass Market Edition — Thirteenth Printing

November – 1991
(Mass Market Paperback)
Berkley Press
ISBN-13: 9780425130216
ISBN-10: 0425130215


Trade Edition — Eighth Printing

November – 1997
(Trade Paperback)
Berkley Press
ISBN-13: 9780425161296
ISBN-10: 0425161293


Trade Edition — Twenty-Fifth Printing

November – 1997
(Trade Paperback)
Berkley Press
ISBN-13: 9780425161296
ISBN-10: 0425161293


Estonian Hardcover Edition

2006
(Standard Hardcover)
Punane Raamat Publishing
ISBN-13: 9985623894


Hungarian Hardcover Edition

2008
(Mass Market Hardcover)
Mæcenas Press
ISBN-13: 9789632031842


UK Trade Edition — First Printing

2012
(Trade [Matte] Paperback)
Vintage Books – London
ISBN-13: 9780099877103
ISBN-10: 0099877104