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Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer

Dan Wakefield

Illustrator: Kurt Vonnegut

Ages: 14+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Triangle Square BFYR/Seven Stories Press

ISBN: 978-1-64421-190-8

Keywords: Writers/writing, WWII, POWs, PTSD, Mental illness, Friendship, Divorce, Orphans, Extended families

This vivid picture of a lauded and complicated author includes his letters and ink sketches as well as archival photos.