Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer

This biography presents Kurt Vonnegut as a celebrated yet complicated American author. It traces the making of a writer whose novels and short fiction include Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat’s Cradle. Vonnegut often worked with science-fiction elements and humor. The book also incorporates his letters and ink sketches, as well as archival photographs, to build its portrait of his life and writing.