Product Description

Comic riffs and diatribes on the America of G.W. Bush from the
author of Slaughterhouse 5

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7363 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Sunday Times
`He walks a fine line between despair over our deteriorating world
and a consummate entertainer's urge to amuse'

John Irving, The Times
'If Vonnegut isn't the enduring Good Humor man, who is?'

Daily Telegraph
`Kurt Vonnegut is one of the greatest writers of the past 50
years'

Customer Reviews

Too old to care how controversial he is.
I love this book, and I have immense respect for Mr.V. I've read most of his books. He has turned me on to lots of ideas, Humanism being the main one.

In this round up of thoughts, he points out some very uncomfortable truths about the world we live in and our ignorance and he does this with frank bare-faced honesty, a man not long for this world he has so much to say to us, he has seen and been through so many things. He was in Dresden when the British bombed it, and the horror of it practically drove him mad, I believe his wife/mother drank Draino and killed herself, most of his friends are dead, he invented a religon and created Kigore Trout. When you read him, each sentence is loaded with thought and wit, he's like a full bodied wine.

I look forward to his next book.

Money for old rope...
Vonnegut fans will find nothing new in this. Having said that, it's a funny, bright and quick read. If you're fan you will have bought it already, if not buy one of his novels first.

Still as sharp as ever
Great to see that Vonnegut is still as wise and as cutting as ever in this latest (hopefully not last...at 83 we still don't to lose him!) outing. Although some of the ground (and a few of the anecdotes) may be familiar to diehard fans, his razor wit and observation couple with this outrage at the evils of the world and you can't help but be uplifted. What a spirit, what a guy!