Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired Slaughterhouse Five. He died in 2007.
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Books by Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut, Edited by Dan WakefieldPublished: 30/10/2012
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the greatest satirists in American literature. These are his funny, wise, exuberant and moving letters.
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Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 01/03/2012
One of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of interviews, including his last-for US Airways Magazine.
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While Mortals Sleep
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 01/12/2011
A collection of sixteen previously unpublished stories by the twentieth century master
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Look At the Birdie
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 01/11/2010
LOOK AT THE BIRDIE is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished stories by the twentieth century master
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Armageddon in Retrospect
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 01/07/2009
The first and only collection of unpublished works by Kurt Vonnegut since his death—a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity’s tendency toward violence.
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Timequake
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 07/08/1998
'A wise, winning and utterly charming concoction of fiction, commentary and autobiography' Literary Review
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Welcome To The Monkey House and Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 04/10/1994
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God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 03/11/1992
The story of a man who reacts to past tragedy, family greed and fabulous wealth by promptly going insane
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Jailbird
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 03/11/1992
Jailbird is Vonnegut's riotous urban fairytale about the various fiascos of the Nixon years
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Breakfast Of Champions
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 03/07/1992
'After Vonnegut, everything else seems a bit tame' Spectator
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Slapstick Or Lonesome No More!
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 06/12/1991
A post-apocalyptic farce from cult hero Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade A Duty-Dance With Death
by Kurt VonnegutPublished: 07/06/1991
One of the very best anti-war novels ever written
