Kurt Vonnegut and the Centrifugal Force of Fate

Download or read book Kurt Vonnegut and the Centrifugal Force of Fate written by Gary McMahon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a Merlin among Men of Letters. Open any Kurt Vonnegut book and the words come to life in rapport with the reader like broomsticks enthralled by a book of spells. How did he do it? Through early drafts of projects like Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse 5 and Harrison Bergeron, sensationally different from the published stories, Gary McMahon peers over the shoulder of a man without a country and an American institution. We get to see the original manuscripts and spend time with the complete works, from Player Piano to Armageddon in Retrospect, including a rare comparison of Vonnegut's journalism with peers like Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.