Armageddon in Retrospect
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Author: Kurt VonnegutEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-07
ISBN: 0425226891
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: A Man Obsessed
Summary: 3 Stars
After his death, I (like most readers of Vonnegut) was hoping for some great unreleased treasures that had been sitting in a long-forgotten filing cabinet. Sadly, it doesn't look like that will be the case.
What we have here is a somewhat interesting collection of Vonnegut's lesser uncollected short stories. There is a theme at work, specifically, Vonnegut's unending obsession with the firebombing of Dresden and his time in the military which so shaped (warped) his view of mankind.
As always, the writing is witty, quirky and overflowing with a sense of both optimism and suspicion for mankind. A must for any Vonnegut completist, but wholly skip-able for the casual fan.
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