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Description for Mother Night
Paperback. Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
‘Black satire of the highest polish’ Guardian
Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a world that’s a gazillion shades of grey?
‘After Vonnegut, everything else seems a bit tame’ Spectator
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099819301
SKU
V9780099819301
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War, he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. After the war he worked as a police reporter, an advertising copywriter and a ... Read more
Reviews for Mother Night
Vonnegut's chilling early masterpiece
Observer
Mother Night is not one of his most famous books, but it's one of the best
Washington Post
A brilliant wacky ideas-monger
Observer
Everyone should read Vonnegut
Tim Minchin A cool writer, at once throwaway and passionate and very funny
Financial Times
Observer
Mother Night is not one of his most famous books, but it's one of the best
Washington Post
A brilliant wacky ideas-monger
Observer
Everyone should read Vonnegut
Tim Minchin A cool writer, at once throwaway and passionate and very funny
Financial Times