Mother Night: A Novel

Kurt Vonnegut

Aug 2009 · Sold by Dial Press

About this ebook

“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.”—Cincinnati Enquirer

“A shaking up in the kaleidoscope of laughter . . . Reading Vonnegut is addictive!”—Commonweal

Ratings and reviews

The description that the cover gives doesn't really do the story justice. This is a twisted and dark love story, involving an empty man and his memories. Dark satire is woven throughout, as only Mr. Vonnegut can do. Not quite 5 stars, but only because I've read SH5 and Cat's Cradle. If I was new to this author, it'd be a different story. However, I know what he's capable of, and this isn't QUITE his best. CLOSE though! Highly recommended.

This is not an easy story. Let me expand, it's a very easy read, it flows well and feels good to continue, but the very essence of the story being told is one that many people have a vey hard time facing. Absolutely worth reading, but absolutely exhausting.

To be inside the mind of an artist who can't tell between reality and dreams, is Mother Night

About the author

Kurt Vonnegut’s 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” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.