Small town in upstate New York where the patients in a mental hospital escape and take over the town

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Help please, does anyone know the name of a book like this or the author? Could be around 1990. Asking for a friend (LOL, really). It may have also been a movie cuz it seems familiar o me, but I can't remember. I've looked all over the net!

The friend was thinking Vonnegut Jr, but searches don't produce.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 

Are you thinking of Hocus Pocus? It is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It's not a mental hospital, but a prison.

Wikipedia explains: "Eugene is fired from his job as a college professor after having several of his witticisms surreptitiously recorded by the daughter of a popular conservative commentator. Eugene then becomes a teacher at a nearby overcrowded prison run by a Japanese corporation. His employer, and occasional acquaintance, is the prison's warden, Hiroshi Matsumoto. After a massive prison break, Eugene's former college is occupied by escapees from the prison, who take the staff hostage. Eventually the college is turned into a prison, since the old prison was destroyed in the breakout. Eugene is ordered to be the warden of the prison, but then becomes an inmate....."
 
pamelasmithwick said:
Are you thinking of Hocus Pocus? It is a 1990 novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It's not a mental hospital, but a prison.

Wikipedia explains: "Eugene is fired from his job as a college professor after having several of his witticisms surreptitiously recorded by the daughter of a popular conservative commentator. Eugene then becomes a teacher at a nearby overcrowded prison run by a Japanese corporation. His employer, and occasional acquaintance, is the prison's warden, Hiroshi Matsumoto. After a massive prison break, Eugene's former college is occupied by escapees from the prison, who take the staff hostage. Eventually the college is turned into a prison, since the old prison was destroyed in the breakout. Eugene is ordered to be the warden of the prison, but then becomes an inmate....."
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OhI think this may be it! I think my friend mentioned a Eugene. I've read several of Vonnegut's books, but not this one. Thank you, Pamela, I'll pass it along. 🌹
 
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RELEASE DATE: Sept. 5, 1990
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RadishRose said:
Help please, does anyone know the name of a book like this or the author? Could be around 1990. Asking for a friend (LOL, really). It may have also been a movie cuz it seems familiar o me, but I can't remember. I've looked all over the net!

The friend was thinking Vonnegut Jr, but searches don't produce.

Thanks in advance for any help.
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This is the free unedited Youtube Audiobook version.


If you want to convert this to paper you can use Googles free voice to text software. You can do it yourself but you better buy a couple of boxes of printer cartridges and a crate of paper.

cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hocus_Pocus_(novel)

TTFN.
 
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