And there I was, her gangling, flute-voiced younger son, a murderer. But here she was in a thin bathrobe now, without her husband or servants, or her basso profundo elder son. Nothing bad was supposed to happen to her – ever. Outside of school, she had never had any responsibilities, any work to do.

There stood my mother, Emma, who was herself a child. The novel, like many other books of the author, is an artistic downbeat extravaganza about all sorts of misfits… The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973)ĭeadeye Dick is a one more proof that Kurt Vonnegut was an inimitable maestro of dark social satire… Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as 'Vonnegutian' in scope. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. Army and serving in World War II.Īfter the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.

Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist.

Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.