- Black humor (Literature), Fiction, Science fiction, Spy stories
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.
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Bleak, prestige, contemplative and open-ended.
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut, Victor Bevine, Avirama Golan
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 202
- Publisher
- Easton Press, April, Avon Books
- Editions
- 60
- Language
- fin, Italian, tur, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780099750413
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“MY NAME is Howard W. Campbell, Jr.”
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
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