Kurt Vonnegut’s 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
“A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we
lost Kurt Vonnegut.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“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
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