Born in 1922, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany, during the saturation bombing which devastated the city near the end of the Second World War, an experience which formed the basis for the novel which made him a world-wide bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five. Cat's Cradle, first published in 1963, is his third novel.
A major novelist, and a major novel. - Sunday Telegraph. Resonate with our fears...very moving. - London Review of Books. In a line-up of literary originals, Kurt Vonnegut would have to start apart...He is brave, clever, honest, and wise beyond the gags. - Irish Times.