An author on our shelves

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut can put a joke close enough to a catastrophe that the two share a sentence. A homemade religion helps a writer make sense of the people he meets in Cat’s Cradle. In God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, a schemer treats an heir’s generosity as grounds to have him declared insane. The books suit readers who like satire in a plain voice, with room for grief alongside the jokes.

6 standalone books in the library. Each profile covers the story, the kind of comedy and our sources. This is a selection of the books we have researched, not a complete bibliography.