1922-2007 Award-winning American author.
One of the great masters of Satire who mercilessly lampoons the foibles of modern American society. I discovered him in high school where we were required to read Slaughterhouse Five. I thought of him as my favorite author of all time for many years. You don't have to "work" to read his books. I rued the day I would finish them all.
John Updike once said that reading a Vonnegut novel was like eating an ice cream cone.
His works include:
He studied chemistry at Cornell, served in the infantry during World War II, and was awarded an MA in Anthropology at the University of Chicago afterward.
Falls under the categories of Books that will induce a mindfuck and Books you loan out to expand friends' minds.
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Sources:
http://www.vonnegut.com/
http://web.mit.edu/sbl/www/vonnegut/
Oh, and I read every book he ever wrote
Last Updated 05.14.04