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The Last Interview
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
One of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of conversations—including his last published interview. During his long career Kurt Vonnegut won international praise for his novels, plays, and essays. In this new anthology of conversations with Vonnegut—which collects interviews from throughout his career—we learn much about what drove Vonnegut to write and how he viewed his work at the end.From Kurt Vonnegut's Last InterviewIs there another book in you, by chance?No. Look, I’m 84 years old. Writers of fiction have usually done their best work by the time they’re 45. Chess masters are through when they’re 35, and so are baseball players. There are plenty of other people writing. Let them do it.So what’s the old man’s game, then?My country is in ruins. So I’m a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I’m mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That’s why I served in World War II, and that’s why I wrote books.When someone reads one of your books, what would you like them to take from the experience?Well, I’d like the guy—or the girl, of course—to put the book down and think, “This is the greatest man who ever lived.”
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
710 books37.1k followersKurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After 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. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
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. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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)
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After 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. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
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. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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)
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April 5, 2020
“Look, practice an art, no matter how badly or how well you do it. It will make your soul grow.”
This text contains six interviews that Kurt Vonnegut gave over the course of 40 years, including the last two he ever gave. One of the six is a joint interview with fellow writer Joseph Heller. It is probably the most interesting as the two satirists play well off of each other.
The final two interviews in then collection were taken in then last year of his life, and they are bitter and ugly. Kurt Vonnegut descended into great anger in his later years, and it has always disturbed me.
Reading these interviews you see clearly where Vonnegut learned what sounded good, and he used it often. Can’t blame the guy for that. This is not a sit down and read as a whole book, but it has some interesting bits you can pick up from time to time, if you are a Vonnegut fan.
This text contains six interviews that Kurt Vonnegut gave over the course of 40 years, including the last two he ever gave. One of the six is a joint interview with fellow writer Joseph Heller. It is probably the most interesting as the two satirists play well off of each other.
The final two interviews in then collection were taken in then last year of his life, and they are bitter and ugly. Kurt Vonnegut descended into great anger in his later years, and it has always disturbed me.
Reading these interviews you see clearly where Vonnegut learned what sounded good, and he used it often. Can’t blame the guy for that. This is not a sit down and read as a whole book, but it has some interesting bits you can pick up from time to time, if you are a Vonnegut fan.
September 29, 2020
Some really candid interviews in this collection.
Vonnegut lived an interesting life allright. He talks about being trained on the 240-millimeter howitzer during the war, being captured by the Germans and being questioned about his German ancestry by German soldiers, his first impressions of Dresden and how they hid in an underground meat locker when the siren went off.
He is very succinct about the bombing of Dresden "Then a siren went off - it was February 13, 1945 - and we went down two stories under the pavement into a big meat locker. It was cool there, with cadavers hanging all around. When we came up the city was gone." He calls Dresden the largest massacre in European history. I like reading about these portions of history that are sort of obscure. Naipaul often wrote about how nobody in India knows about the Vijayanagar Kingdom that was destroyed by the four Muslim sultanates. I guess Dresden used to be a bit like that.
In one interview, Vonnegut talks a lot about his highly artistic and talented family. His mother was a writer, father an architect and his older brother was a scientist who discovered that silver iodide could help produce snow and rain.
The book includes a Playboy companion interview with Vonnegut and Joseph Heller.
Vonnegut also provides great motivation for reluctant artists:
“Look, practice an art, no matter how badly or how well you do it. It will make your soul grow.” That’s why you do it. You don’t do it to become famous or rich. You do it to make your soul grow. This would include singing in the shower, dancing to the radio by yourself, drawing a picture of your roommate or writing a poem or whatever. Please practice an art. Have the experience of becoming. It’s so sad that many public school systems are eliminating the arts because it’s no way to make a living. What’s important is to have the experience of becoming, which is as necessary as food or sex. It’s really quite a sensation — to become.
Vonnegut lived an interesting life allright. He talks about being trained on the 240-millimeter howitzer during the war, being captured by the Germans and being questioned about his German ancestry by German soldiers, his first impressions of Dresden and how they hid in an underground meat locker when the siren went off.
He is very succinct about the bombing of Dresden "Then a siren went off - it was February 13, 1945 - and we went down two stories under the pavement into a big meat locker. It was cool there, with cadavers hanging all around. When we came up the city was gone." He calls Dresden the largest massacre in European history. I like reading about these portions of history that are sort of obscure. Naipaul often wrote about how nobody in India knows about the Vijayanagar Kingdom that was destroyed by the four Muslim sultanates. I guess Dresden used to be a bit like that.
In one interview, Vonnegut talks a lot about his highly artistic and talented family. His mother was a writer, father an architect and his older brother was a scientist who discovered that silver iodide could help produce snow and rain.
The book includes a Playboy companion interview with Vonnegut and Joseph Heller.
Vonnegut also provides great motivation for reluctant artists:
“Look, practice an art, no matter how badly or how well you do it. It will make your soul grow.” That’s why you do it. You don’t do it to become famous or rich. You do it to make your soul grow. This would include singing in the shower, dancing to the radio by yourself, drawing a picture of your roommate or writing a poem or whatever. Please practice an art. Have the experience of becoming. It’s so sad that many public school systems are eliminating the arts because it’s no way to make a living. What’s important is to have the experience of becoming, which is as necessary as food or sex. It’s really quite a sensation — to become.
July 20, 2016
"If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke?" (49)I blew through these interviews - I read most of them in a single sitting. They're fascinating and provide a fairly good picture of Kurt Vonnegut at different stages in his life. The interviews date from early ones in 1977 to late ones in 2007, right before his death at age 84. Recurring subjects (there is significant overlap, although this didn't particularly bother me) are: war (especially the Dresden bombings, which took place while Vonnegut was there, and out of which experiences Slaughterhouse-Five would emerge), art, writing, family life, politics, religion, and education. The interviews become gloomier as they progress chronologically, as Vonnegut's disappointment over and lamentation of the state of the world generally, and The United States particularly, increasingly take center stage in his later life and conversations.
"My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fish bowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books." (161)He did, of course, add not only to the literature of The States, but to that of the world. And there is plenty of hope left in the works that he gave us - let's focus on that.
April 20, 2012
Six interviews spanning a number of years, with the added bonus that one of them is a two-way interview with that other brilliant American satirist Joseph Heller. There's a great deal of repetition as interviewers ask Vonnegut the same question across the years, but the intent of the book is obviously to preserve the respondent's words in situ rather than edit them towards a seamless whole, and the book is crammed full of Vonnegut's humour, wisdom and unique, sadly-lost perspective of the post-War world. A little treasure of a book, to be kept close and dipped into again and again.
July 17, 2021
When someone reads one of your books, what would you like them to take from the experience
Well, I'd like the guy or girl, of course- to put the book down and think, "This is the greatest man who ever lived." (laughs)
Everything in the book is beautiful and nothing really hurt. Definitely a feast for the Vonnegut followers. Lot of insights from his family background, his experiences with wars, advertising works. The Conversation of his with Joseph Heller was pure gold which I didn't see it coming. This crazy old man never disappoints to amaze me with his crazy way of seeing things and persuade me that's the highest form of wisdom.
Well, I'd like the guy or girl, of course- to put the book down and think, "This is the greatest man who ever lived." (laughs)
Everything in the book is beautiful and nothing really hurt. Definitely a feast for the Vonnegut followers. Lot of insights from his family background, his experiences with wars, advertising works. The Conversation of his with Joseph Heller was pure gold which I didn't see it coming. This crazy old man never disappoints to amaze me with his crazy way of seeing things and persuade me that's the highest form of wisdom.
February 23, 2014
Although I do not regard Kurt Vonnegut as belonging to the top echelon of American authors, I do regard his work as worth the effort to read, largely because he is wiser in the ways of life than many more talented authors who get by only with the help of liquor and drugs. Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations contains a number of interviews that largely overlap one another in several places, but which redeem themselves by Vonnegut's views on war, peace, and the grinding loneliness of American life.
He never trained as an author. In fact, he was a chemist when he went into World War II as a private. Even though he wrote many books, Vonnegut thought that
He never trained as an author. In fact, he was a chemist when he went into World War II as a private. Even though he wrote many books, Vonnegut thought that
it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.Perhaps the only problem with this book is that the interviewers did not ask mthe questions I would like to have seen answered by Vonnegut.
November 21, 2020
কুর্ট ভনেগাটের মন্তব্য আর সাক্ষাৎকারগুলো অ্যাতো সরস আর বুদ্ধিদীপ্ত, যে সত্যিকারের লেখার কাছে যাবার আগেই লোকটার ভক্ত বনে যেতে হয়।
July 24, 2014
My son and I had a book exchange today and so I sat down this afternoon to spend some time w one of my favorite authors. This collection of interviews spans 30 years from 1977 to 2007 just a few months before his passing on at the age of 84. Many topics are covered from his family and growing up in Indiana, his misguided efforts to earn a degree in chemistry, the influence of his WWII experiences on his writing and his world view, his writing, and despair over the human condition and America not having lived up to its promise. He is blunt, outspoken, funny, flippant, angry and so dearly wanting the human race to pull itself together like the song he "implored us to smile on your brothers and love one another right now," It is perhaps because he was such a passionate humanist that he became increasingly despondent about Americas willingness to make the hard choices and solve real problems. He felt we only had one political party - the Party Of the Wealthy and his open letter to Iraq was worthy of Jonathan Swift.
The 1992 Playboy interview with Joseph Heller and Vonnegut was a delightful read - hilarious, witty, great picture of the times and the growth of these two authors and their friendship. It made me wish there aw an audio of it. How I would love to hear their voices. It brought back such clear memories of reading Catch 22 and Cats Cradle during my early college years.
Being an author, naturally he had lots to say about reading and the arts.
"Fiction is a game for two. You have to make it possible for the reader to play along"
When asked if words have any power left, he reflected on reading (the novel) was a performance art:"to stare at horizontal lines of phonetic symbols and Arabic numbers and to be able to put a show on in your head, it requires a reader to perform. If you can do it, you can go whaling in the South Pacific w Herman Melville or you can watch Madame Bovary make a mess of her life inParis."
Loved not just he had to say about the arts but also how he was able to enrich his own last years through his artistic collaboration and a new friendship. He was not suffering that great loneliness of the modern age with extended families spread hither and yon.
His advice to young people (but I would guess all people) was"practice an art, no matter how badly or how well you do it. It will make your soul grow. What's important is to have the experience of becoming."
It's a slim book that can be read in a few hours. And for the next few hours you can leaf back through it here and there and enjoy the seeds of thought again and know you have spent time with a compassionate human who only wished the best for each and every one of us.
The 1992 Playboy interview with Joseph Heller and Vonnegut was a delightful read - hilarious, witty, great picture of the times and the growth of these two authors and their friendship. It made me wish there aw an audio of it. How I would love to hear their voices. It brought back such clear memories of reading Catch 22 and Cats Cradle during my early college years.
Being an author, naturally he had lots to say about reading and the arts.
"Fiction is a game for two. You have to make it possible for the reader to play along"
When asked if words have any power left, he reflected on reading (the novel) was a performance art:"to stare at horizontal lines of phonetic symbols and Arabic numbers and to be able to put a show on in your head, it requires a reader to perform. If you can do it, you can go whaling in the South Pacific w Herman Melville or you can watch Madame Bovary make a mess of her life inParis."
Loved not just he had to say about the arts but also how he was able to enrich his own last years through his artistic collaboration and a new friendship. He was not suffering that great loneliness of the modern age with extended families spread hither and yon.
His advice to young people (but I would guess all people) was"practice an art, no matter how badly or how well you do it. It will make your soul grow. What's important is to have the experience of becoming."
It's a slim book that can be read in a few hours. And for the next few hours you can leaf back through it here and there and enjoy the seeds of thought again and know you have spent time with a compassionate human who only wished the best for each and every one of us.
January 26, 2012
I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who hasn't read at least the basics of the Vonnegut catalog (Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions) because they might not understand the many references to Vonnegut books and be put off by some of the language and his views of, oh, the current US government, public schools, the way humans are destoying the planet, and the like. That being said, I loved it and am saddened by the reality that there will be no more new Vonnegut writing for me to enjoy. The interview with both Vonnegut and Joseph Heller is the best thing I've read in a very long time. In case you were wondering, the last paragraph of Vonnegut's final interview is this: "Here is what my great grandfather Clemens Vonnegut said one time about Jesus, 'If what he said was good, and it was marvelous, what did it matter if it was good or not?' And I am enormously influenced by the Sermon on the Mount. But I gotta go. I'm not well. Good luck."
June 7, 2015
Well, of course it gets 5 stars, it's Vonnegut for Christ's sake, Vonnegut on a bad day is still worth 5 stars.
Really interesting, funny, sad and illuminating - and the added bonus of a conversation with Joseph Heller in the middle, another of my literary heroes.
I've read some reviews which say this is a rip off as it's actually a series of interviews many of which deal with the same questions and ideas as each other. I disagree, the interviews take place over 40 or so years and I feel complement each other - you get a sense of Vonnegut over time and how he has changed (and in other ways not) which was really fascinating.
Inspired me to go back and re-read some of my favourites (and Catch 22 too!).
Really interesting, funny, sad and illuminating - and the added bonus of a conversation with Joseph Heller in the middle, another of my literary heroes.
I've read some reviews which say this is a rip off as it's actually a series of interviews many of which deal with the same questions and ideas as each other. I disagree, the interviews take place over 40 or so years and I feel complement each other - you get a sense of Vonnegut over time and how he has changed (and in other ways not) which was really fascinating.
Inspired me to go back and re-read some of my favourites (and Catch 22 too!).
December 19, 2016
"It's an art form for very few people... To stare at horizontal lines of phonetic symbols and Arabic numbers and to be able to put on a show in your head, it requires the reader to perform." [US Airways Magazine, 2007]
This book felt like having a casual conversation with KV. I particularly liked the 1992 Playboy interview with him and Joseph Heller. They were quite funny together and full of insight.
Highly recommend to Vonnegut fans.
This book felt like having a casual conversation with KV. I particularly liked the 1992 Playboy interview with him and Joseph Heller. They were quite funny together and full of insight.
Highly recommend to Vonnegut fans.
October 5, 2023
love ya, kurt. such a fun read, such an interesting guy with interesting thoughts. the world is a worse place without him..
some excerpts;
"having talent doesnt carry with it the obligation to do something"
"loneliness is the great american disease"
"whatever i write now is set in type by my publisher, who is younger than i am, by editors, by anyone. I don't have my sister to write for anymore. Suddenly, there are all these unfilled jobs in my life."
"there must be more to love than death"
'vonnegut: "Nietzsche asked 'are you ready to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?' Now that's how you pick a wife"
heller: "if people were more widely read, there'd be fewer marriages"'
"practice art, it will make your soul grow"
"people will do anything to stop being lonely"
"a lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights"
"If what Jesus said was good, and it was marvelous, what did it matter if he was god or not"
some excerpts;
"having talent doesnt carry with it the obligation to do something"
"loneliness is the great american disease"
"whatever i write now is set in type by my publisher, who is younger than i am, by editors, by anyone. I don't have my sister to write for anymore. Suddenly, there are all these unfilled jobs in my life."
"there must be more to love than death"
'vonnegut: "Nietzsche asked 'are you ready to have a conversation with this woman for the next forty years?' Now that's how you pick a wife"
heller: "if people were more widely read, there'd be fewer marriages"'
"practice art, it will make your soul grow"
"people will do anything to stop being lonely"
"a lack of seriousness has led to all sorts of wonderful insights"
"If what Jesus said was good, and it was marvelous, what did it matter if he was god or not"
December 4, 2025
some quotes that I liked or made me laugh:
to get mad at a work of art is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae
just because you have a talent doesn’t mean you have to do something with it
people in advertising are better read and wittier than most novelists (ok 😜)
I’m suing a cigarette company because their product hasn’t killed me yet
to get mad at a work of art is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae
just because you have a talent doesn’t mean you have to do something with it
people in advertising are better read and wittier than most novelists (ok 😜)
I’m suing a cigarette company because their product hasn’t killed me yet
October 7, 2020
I want to give this a better rating, and i mean that but man. Whoever edits these couldn’t just be like ‘yo he answers this, or a very similar question, three other times over the course of the book, we’re just gonna crop it down to one’ for the sake of the reader having a deja vu every other page. I’ve only read slaughterhouse-five, i felt like i knew kurt fairly well already, and this short collection of interviews solidified and inclinations i had, but didn’t really offer me anything overly interesting. Vonnegut and Joseph Heller’s interview was fun though, despite me cringing a bit for the interviewer being a major third wheel and missing half the jokes (or being the punchline).
January 8, 2016
When someone reads one of your books, what would you like them to take from the experience?
Well, I’d like the guy – or the girl, of course – to put the book down and think, „This is the greatest man who ever lived.“ (Laughs)
Kurt Vonnegut was a wonderful man. I know it not only from his books, which I love, but also from these interviews. In the introduction to the interview God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut, J. Rentilly beautifully wrote: He combined gallows humor, satire, and science-fiction with a deep and abiding humanism. Precious few authors have ever loved mankind so completely and unromantically. Vonnegut saw us for who we really are, and loved us anyway. (...) Vonnegut always asked us to be the very best we could be, and refused to give up his stranglehold on our funny bone along the way.
Thanks to reading The Last Interview and Other Conversations I feel I know Mr. Vonnegut even better than from his works of fiction. He is very personal here; he talks about his experience from the WWII, about his relatives (his sister, a great sculptress, his brother, a scientist), about his feeling of sadness and disappointment from the current situation in the world, his childhood and his view on books, films, drawing, arts and politics.
I wish this book was longer and I wish I could talk to Mr. Vonnegut myself. His wit and ideas and opinions and his sense of humour make me want to read everything he ever wrote but I’m also very afraid of the moment when I’ll have read all of his books. What will I do then?
Well, I’d like the guy – or the girl, of course – to put the book down and think, „This is the greatest man who ever lived.“ (Laughs)
Kurt Vonnegut was a wonderful man. I know it not only from his books, which I love, but also from these interviews. In the introduction to the interview God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut, J. Rentilly beautifully wrote: He combined gallows humor, satire, and science-fiction with a deep and abiding humanism. Precious few authors have ever loved mankind so completely and unromantically. Vonnegut saw us for who we really are, and loved us anyway. (...) Vonnegut always asked us to be the very best we could be, and refused to give up his stranglehold on our funny bone along the way.
Thanks to reading The Last Interview and Other Conversations I feel I know Mr. Vonnegut even better than from his works of fiction. He is very personal here; he talks about his experience from the WWII, about his relatives (his sister, a great sculptress, his brother, a scientist), about his feeling of sadness and disappointment from the current situation in the world, his childhood and his view on books, films, drawing, arts and politics.
I wish this book was longer and I wish I could talk to Mr. Vonnegut myself. His wit and ideas and opinions and his sense of humour make me want to read everything he ever wrote but I’m also very afraid of the moment when I’ll have read all of his books. What will I do then?
November 16, 2017
Insightful and charming stories about the man who encouraged others to do things for the pleasure of creation, process of becoming and to help your soul grow.
May 14, 2019
"I will not believe in my government anymore." , "The goal is to have fun while you are alive" , "I am suing a cigarette company because It hasn't killed me yet". A book filled with 6 interviews and tons of lines like above which will make you laugh and sometimes hit with reality. Vonnegut was a genius and these interviews show that. The friendship, the ideas of families and how doomed America is, all mentioned in it which makes it a good read. It also tells about every aspect of writing and if you are a budding writer like me you should definitely read it.
June 17, 2025
Roh und ehrlich, wie in seinen Büchern, verschließt Vonnegut nicht die Augen vor den Problemen und schizophrenen Gegebenheiten der Menschheit, sondern stellt sie in seiner trockenen humorvollen Art auf ein Podest, irritiert, dass andere sie dennoch nicht sehen.
Eine brandaktuelle Hommage an die Unfähigkeit der Menschheit durch die Zeit hinweg.
Eine brandaktuelle Hommage an die Unfähigkeit der Menschheit durch die Zeit hinweg.
February 24, 2020
Great look into the mind of Vonnegut. Just really a slim volume and some of the material is repetitious.
January 8, 2023
Oh, to watch a fatalist accept death through a series of hilariously deep interviews. I would expect nothing less from Vonnegut. I do feel like he just died all over again, though. So it goes ...
January 8, 2024
A fun read for a true fan. I miss him being around.
December 12, 2018
I am Kurt Vonnegut
December 9, 2018
“The great American disease is loneliness.”
January 31, 2013
"My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fish bowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books." - Kurt Vonnegut, from the 2nd-to-last interview. He bears his soul in these last interviews, and most of the rest of the conversations are hilarious or touching, and often both. There's a wonderful ménage à trois between Playboy, Kurt, and Joseph Heller (Catch-22) that is one of the liveliest and funniest interviews I've read. Essential reading!
July 27, 2013
Kurt Vonnegut is the type of human we could use more of. It is truly tragic that we have to live without him day to day. His humor is one I wish I could have experienced in person, but I enjoyed just the same on the page. RIP Mr. Vonnegut. You were an extraordinary writer and example to the human spirit.
December 2, 2016
I probably would have gone with 3.5 stars if I could. I enjoyed learning more about Vonnegut's point of view and his humor shows throughout the interviews. The reason I would rate it 3.5 is because I felt like a lot of the same questions popped up for all the interviews, so I had to read the same answers over and over again.
April 29, 2015
Great collection of interviews with Vonnegut, who is always fun to read. The Playboy interview with Joseph Heller and Vonnegut was an obvious highlight.
August 4, 2017
So many valuable life lessons. :)
February 15, 2016
Vonnegut's insights were a joy to ruminate on and his banter with friends such as Joseph Heller was funny and fascinating. I highly recommend this book for any fan of Vonnegut.
September 9, 2016
You rock, Mr. Vonnegut! I'm a fan, forever and ever!
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