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Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut

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“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist.”—Time Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. “A great artist.”—Cincinnat...

First published: 1961 289 pages ISBN: 9780385334143
Category
Science Fiction
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
6
Language
eng
Subjects
Black humor (Literature)FictionScience fictionSpy storiesWar criminalsTrialsPrisonersNational socialismWorld War, 1939-1945War crime trials

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