If you are looking for a gift idea for the discerning reader on your list this holiday season, look no further than two titles concerning Kurt Vonnegut. One is the Library of America's Novels and Stories, 1963-1973. It contains Cat's Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Stories (including Welcome to the Monkey House). In other words, this is Vonnegut at his very best.
Or if they own all Vonnegut's books, they can read about his life in Charles Shields' And So It Goes. This is a fascinating life, well-told. Vonnegut died from a fall in 2007 and deserves to be remembered. His best books dealt with important ideas. Slaughterhouse-Five should be read by all.
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