Born in 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, KURT VONNEGUTwas one of the few grandmasters of modern American letters. Called by the New York Times "the counterculture's novelist," his works guided a generation through the miasma of war and greed that was life in the U.S. in second half of the 20th century. After a stints as a soldier, anthropology PhD candidate, technical writer for General Electric, and salesman at a Saab dealership, Vonnegut rose to prominence with the publication of Cat's Cradle in 1963. Several modern classics, including Slaughterhouse-Five, soon followed. Never quite embraced by the stodgier arbiters of literary taste, Vonnegut was nonetheless beloved by millions of readers throughout the world. "Given who and what I am," he once said, "it has been presumptuous of me to write so well." Kurt Vonnegut died in New York in 2007.
“A smattering of wit, a splattering of satire, and a plop of
colorful commentary. Not to mention Vonnegut’s signature steely
irony.” —Providence Sunday Journal
“[A] delightful fictional foray in which Vonnegut, courtesy of Dr.
Death, toggles back and forth between life and afterlife,
meditating on death by way of very short ‘interviews’ with the
likes of Newton, Shakespeare, and a penitent Hitler.” —Globe and
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