Collected Works Bookstore presents biographer Charles J. Shields and his latest book, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, a Life.  This book is is the first and only complete life-story of Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential, controversial, and popular novelists of the 20th century. Millions know him as a counter-culture guru, anti-war activist, and satirist of American life. But few outside his family and friends knew the arc of his extraordinary life. He made friends easily, but always felt lonely; he sold millions of books, but never felt appreciated; he described himself as a humanist, but fought with humanity at large. As a former public relations man, he crafted his image carefully— the avuncular, curly-haired humorist— though admitting, “I myself am a work of fiction.” This biography reveals the man who enchanted a generation.

Charles J. Shields' biography Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee was a New York Times bestseller during the summer of 2006 and is in its 8th printing.  

And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life (Hardcover)

By Charles J. Shields

$30.00

ISBN-13: 9780805086935
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Published: Henry Holt and Co., 11/2011

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