“You are the only creature with free will! How do you like it? – these lines were read by Dwayne Hoover in the novel by science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a through-line hero of Vonnegut’s works, who is a kind of alter ego of the writer. Hoover decided that this question was addressed specifically to him (in fact, the question was intended for anyone who opens the book) and that he is the only person on the planet with free will, only he can think and feel, and all the other people around - only weak-willed and soulless robots. This thought almost deprived the hero of his mind. A car salesman with no particular intellect, Dwayne Hoover unexpectedly turns out to be a wonderful conduit for the ideas of Kilgore Trout. In this amazing philosophical book, ridiculing the modern crazy world, the absurdity and cruelty of human actions, fantasy and reality, madness and logic, author and hero, merge together. real and false, truth and fiction. “Breakfast of Champions” is one of Vonnegut’s main books, which the writer gave himself as a gift for his fiftieth birthday. In 1999, the novel was filmed, with Bruce Willis playing the role of Dwayne Hoover.