Book Review: Left For Dead by J. A. Jance - Books - Blogcritics

My review of J. A. Jance's new mystery thriller on Blogcritics:

Book Review: Left For Dead by J. A. Jance - Books - Blogcritics

Kurt Vonnegut - an interesting life

Looking for an interesting biography? A recent book by Charles J. Shields covers the interesting life of writer Kurt Vonnegut. Titled And So It Goes, this book will also make an excellent gift for your favorite avid reader. Here's my review, tell me what you think:
Note:  Article first published as Book Review: And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields on Blogcritics.
 

For those of us who grew up in the 1960s, Kurt Vonnegut brings to mind images of sit-ins, anti-war demonstrations, and those newsreels scenes associated with the social revolution from that era of Viet Nam, the Draft, and Nixon.  We baby boomers of course also know Kurt Vonnegut for Slaughterhouse Five which was also a popular movie at that time.

So it comes as quite a surprise to discover that Kurt Vonnegut was actually more conservative and part of the “establishment” than his public persona portrayed.  Rather than the wise shaman-like soothsayer who many in the ‘60s viewed as a spokesperson for the generation, Kurt Vonnegut was only a man, confused and lonely — a human being who had been traumatized by the ravages of war when he was a young man.

An artist and writer, yes, but Kurt Vonnegut was blocked for decades; he was unable to write from his heart, to air his own inner truths.  We learn here in And So It Goes that Kurt Vonnegut was hardly able to lead himself let alone anyone else...more

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