Kurt Vonnegut's black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable
imagination first captured America's attention in "The Sirens of
Titan"in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" ("The New York
Times") with "Cat's Cradle"""in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene
declared, "one of the best living American writers." Mr. Vonnegut
passed away in April 2007.
Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including
"Zeitoun, What Is the What, " and "A Heartbreaking Work of
Staggering Genius." He is the founder and editor of McSweeney's, an
independent publishing house. He lives in the San Francisco Bay
Area with his wife and two children.
"Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining.""--The Washington
Post"
"Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat
swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed,
[showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and
satire.""--Los Angeles Times"
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"A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we
lost Kurt Vonnegut.""--San Francisco Chronicle "
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"These stories were all good when they were written decades ago,
but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt
Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant."--"The Seattle
Times"
"There's something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut's
vision.""--"Minneapolis" Star-Tribune"
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
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