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The late, great Kurt Vonnegut wrestles with the horrors of his age in this collection of unpublished writings that showcase his trademark humor and humanism. Varied in form and tone, the pieces are united in theme as they reflect on facets of war and peace. Vonnegut is by turns funny and poignant, serious and irreverent as he discusses the fantasies of Army men, the harrowing firebombing of Dresden, and the attraction of violence to young boys. An early letter to his parents describing his own experiences in war is a uniquely personal peek at the psychological genesis of all his future writings, in which he would learn to express his moral outrage through comic absurdism.

Rip Torn is an Academy Award^(R)-nominated and Emmy Award-winning television and film actor. After graduating from Texas A&M University, he moved to New York and studied at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. He has been in many movies and television shows, and is probably best known for his role on The Larry Sanders Show.

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as a true artist with Cat's Cradle in 1963.

Mark Vonnegut, after writing The Eden Express, went to medical school. He lives with his wife and two children in Milton, Massachusetts, where he is a full-time practicing pediatrician.