Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage

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"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

Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most acclaimed American writers of the past century, died in New York City on April 11, 2007. He was the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including such literary classics as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Penguin Group (USA) was fortunate to publish several of Mr. Vonnegut's books, including the novels Timequake and Hocus Pocus as well as a collection of short fiction, Bagombo Snuff Box.

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...Vonnegut's genius for satire continues to shine."-Nashville Banner "Mordantly funny...highly entertaining."-New York Newsday