The Village Voice, October 5th, 2005
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
by Kurt Vonnegut
Seven Stories Press
146-pp., $23.95
No country for old men: Vonnegut scans the horizon, emits thought-drool
I went to hear Kurt Vonnegut speak once, unannounced and in an unexpected venue (a gathering of film critics). After his perplexingly brief talk, a friend turned to me and asked, "What was that?" Readers born too late to remember Vonnegut's heyday as an affable literary crank may have a similar response to A Man Without a Country, his collection of recent speeches and musings first published in the journal In These Times. They may also wonder...
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