Mother Night

Synopsis

“vonnegut is george orwell, dr. Caligari and flash gordon compounded into one writer. A zany but moral mad scientist. ”—timemother 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.