Mother Night Mother Night

Mother Night

A Novel

    • 4.5 • 304 Ratings
    • $4.99

Publisher Description

“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

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1972
March 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
7.1
MB

Customer Reviews

VikingsNut ,

Poignant and peculiar

One of Vonnegut’s least-known works, Mother Night is also one of his best. A dark look through the eyes of a WW II survivor constantly deceived by life.

Bazooka_Toothx ,

3.5

Not my favorite from him, but not bad at all. The 2nd half really saves it in my opinion.

Mr. McKenny ,

Brilliant, as always.

One of Vonnegut’s best.
How much of ourselves, our literal self, are we willing to destroy for the good of others? There is no good answer, but Kurt makes a valiant attempt and comes closer than most.

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