Review: Early work but darned good early work
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2012
This is Vonnegut before he was "Kurt Vonnegut Jr. the writer of biting satire and wildly imaginative science-fiction-so-good-they-don't-call-it-science-fiction." The prose lacks Vonnegut's patent terseness and acerbic wit, but it's still darned fine writing. I didn't find the biting satire that the blurb writer claims, but I did find a great little coming of age story and a softer side of Vonnegut than what one encounters in his later works.It's a fine novella, well worth the modest Kindle cost, and I recommend it highly, especially to Vonnegut fans eager to peer into the past and take a peek at the author's humble but very promising beginnings.