The Washington PostBeyond giving pleasure in itself, Vonnegut's correspondence, supplemented by Wakefield's annotation, provides a kind of potted biography…And, of course, [it's] funny…Kurt Vonnegut never regarded himself as a great writer. But he did possess that undervalued gift of charm, of sociability. There are authors we admire or envy, but there are just a few we really, really love, and Vonnegut is one of them.
—Michael Dirda
Publishers WeeklyThis miraculous volume of selected letters provides a moving and revelatory portrait of the famed author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle. Organized by decade from the 1940s to the 2000s (Vonnegut died in 2007), the letters chart Vonnegut's life from his service in WWII to his first steps in the world of publishing, his emergence into literary fame, and beyond.
