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First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut''s death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity''s tendency towards violence. Imbued with Vonnegut''s trademark rueful humour, the pieces range from a visceral non-fiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden - to a painfully funny short story about three soldiers and their fantasies of the perfect meal.

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Reads like a madcap Montaigne on acid * Metro *
The most entertaining of American writers, almost a new Mark Twain...his words can travel on through time * Daily Mail *
The wittiest man since Groucho Marx and the wisest since Karl Marx * The Times *
Imbued with the innocence, empathy, and kindness that always seemed central to Vonnegut's sensibility -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
(Vonnegut) was a splendid preacher of American populism at its most radical...always funny and sometimes refreshingly vulgar * Independent *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 7 May 2009
      ISBN-13 9780099524083
      978-0099524083
      ISBN-10 0099524082
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut''s death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity''s tendency towards violence. Imbued with Vonnegut''s trademark rueful humour, the pieces range from a visceral non-fiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden - to a painfully funny short story about three soldiers and their fantasies of the perfect meal.

      Trade Review
      Reads like a madcap Montaigne on acid * Metro *
      The most entertaining of American writers, almost a new Mark Twain...his words can travel on through time * Daily Mail *
      The wittiest man since Groucho Marx and the wisest since Karl Marx * The Times *
      Imbued with the innocence, empathy, and kindness that always seemed central to Vonnegut's sensibility -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *
      (Vonnegut) was a splendid preacher of American populism at its most radical...always funny and sometimes refreshingly vulgar * Independent *

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