A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. by Vonnegut, Kurt

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A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
by Kurt Vonnegut (Author)
Edited by Daniel Simon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-13: 9780812977363
ISBN-10: 081297736X
Publication Date: 1/16/2007
Pages: 145
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback
5.1 x 8 inches, 146 pages

In his first book since 1999, it's just like old times as Vonnegut makes with the deeply black humor in this collection of articles written over the last five years, many from the alternative magazine In These Times. But the pessimistic wisecracks may be wearing thin; the conversational tone of the pieces is like Garrison Keillor with a savage undercurrent. Still, the schtick works fine most of the time, underscored by hand-lettered aphorisms between chapters. Some essays suffer from authorial self-indulgence, however, like taking a dull story about mailing a manuscript and stretching it to interminable lengths. Vonnegut reserves special bile for the "psychopathic personalities" (i.e., "smart, personable people who have no… Read More

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