Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured Americaβs attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as a βtrue artistβ* with Catβs Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, βone of the best living American writers.β
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.
*The New York Times
βA great artist.ββThe Cincinnati Enquirer
βVonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writerβ¦a zany but moral mad scientist.ββTime
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