Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work
- ISBN-10
- 143810023X
- ISBN-13
- 9781438100234
- Category
- American literature
- Pages
- 545
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Author
- Susan Farrell
Description
Examines the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut including detailed synopses of a variety of his works, character descriptions, important places Vonnegut lived and wrote about, biographies of family, friends, and contemporaries, and more.
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