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And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
“Vonnegut’s life was a fascinating tragicomedy worthy of his best novels .
2011 biography and so it goes
. . A superbly researched and above all very entertaining biography.” —Blake Bailey, New York Times–bestselling author of Philip Roth: The Biography
A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book
In 2006, Charles Shields reached out to Kurt Vonnegut in a letter, asking for his endorsement for a planned biography.
The first response was no (“A most respectful demurring by me for the excellent writer Charles J. Shields, who offered to be my biographer”). Propelled by a passion for his subject, and already deep into his research, Shields wrote again and this time, to his delight, the answer came back: “O.K.” For the next year—which ended up being Vonnegut’s last—Shields had access to Vonnegut and his letters.
After four additional years of research and writing, And So It Goes is “the first truly exacting look into the life of a ma