Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels
“Like  so many of America’s great vernacular spokespersons—Abraham Lincoln,  Will Rogers, Frank Lloyd Wright—Kurth Vonnegut knew that he’d be most  convincing when telling his own story with simple, plain honesty.  Gregory D. Sumner has perceived that directness in Vonnegut’s novels,  and correlates the author’s life and works in an engaging, almost  spellbinding manner. The Grand Old Man would have liked this book, and I  can sense his blessing on it.”—Professor Jerome Klinkowitz, author ofVonnegut in Fact,The Vonnegut Effect, andKurt Vonnegut’s America“Gregory  D. Sumner celebrates what he playfully identifies as the ‘Kurt Vonnegut  road show’ with a tribute that is enlightening and entertaining. I read  with wonder and delight the biographical sketches so gracefully fused  with a montage of Vonnegut stories and the ideas they dramatize. Unstuck in Time is an achievement of scholarship illuminated by a fan’s contagious enthusiasm.”—Sidney Offit, Curator-emeritus George Polk Journalism Awards"Gregory D. Sumner's Unstuck in Time is a wonderful primer to Kurt Vonnegut's work. Every page brims with  analytic insight, biographical revelation, and old-fashioned  storytelling. Reading Sumner reminds us about how astoundingly right  Vonnegut was about the planetarycondition. Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University"'Unstuck in Time'" is a fine, appreciative account of the life and work of a great American writer, Kurt Vonnegut."—Dan Wakefield, author ofNew York in the Fifties“An excellent reading companion to Kurt’s work.”—Mark Vonnegut