Published by Vintage Classics, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£9.99
Author:
Kurt Vonnegut
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099387817
£9.99
Available to pre-order for 01 Nov 2013
EAN: 9780099387817
Published: 1 Nov 2013
A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasm from sex in the title story of Welcome to the Monkey House – setting the tone for a collection shot through with Vonnegut's acrid wit, and his bewilderment at the corruption of humanity.
From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother’s midnight mania, to a bitter-sweet tribute to a dead friend, Palm Sunday demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist.
This caustic, funny and poignant collection resonates with Vonnegut’s singular voice.
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Vonnegut's sharp wit and intellect are tempered but not blunted by his honesty and humanity
- Independent
These taut, concise stories show us the roots of a great Rube Goldberg literary career
- Los Angeles Times
Wonderfully wicked
- Washington Post
Twisted, funny, sci-fi and high-concept. It’s a great, great book
- Independent
A brilliant wacky ideas-monger
- Observer
A cool writer, at once throwaway and passionate and very funny
- Financial Times
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During the Second World War he served in Europe and, as a prisoner of war in Germany, witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired the canonic war novel Slaughterhouse-Five. He is the author of thirteen other novels, which include Cat’s Cradle, Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galápagos and Bluebeard, two collections of stories, and three non-fiction books. He died in 2007.
