About the Book In this revealing collection of essays, Vonnegut examines the issues and events (both personal and social) that shaped the last decade. Ranging from an intimate portrait of his family to a biting commentary of ex-son-in-law Geraldo Rivera to the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, Germany, where he was a POW, this book offers a rare insight into an author who has customarily hidden his heart (New York Times). Book Synopsis An anthology in which Vonnegut freely quotes himself on everything from art and architecture to madness and mass murder...Uncompromising.-- Los Angeles Times Honest and scarily funny, and it offers a rare insight into an author who has customarily hidden his heart.-- New York Times Here we have a collection of essays and speeches by me, with breezy autobiographical commentary serving as connective tissue and splints and bandages. Here we go again with real life and opinions made to look like one big, preposterous animal not unlike an invention by Dr. Seuss... --Kurt Vonnegut, from Fates Worse Than Death Review Quotes Praise for Kurt Vonnegut and Fates Worse Than Death Mr. Vonnegut is perhaps more intimate with the reader than ever.-- The New York Times An often insightful and always funny self-portrait that may be as much of an autobiography as we will ever get from Vonnegut.-- Playboy The kindred spirit of Mark Twain harpoons humanity with howling assessments...Vonneguts genius for satire continues to shine.-- Nashville Banner Mordantly funny...highly entertaining.-- New York Newsday About the Author Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured Americas attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times , as a true artist with the publication of Cats Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, one of the best living American writers. Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.