In a small book with a big punch, Vonnegut examines what would be an otherwise somber or bleak topic (death) with truly hilarious accounts and musings. Using the absurd, he gleefully tips over established norms and binaries, all the while blurring what is profound and/or(?) ridiculous.

Only Kurt Vonnegut would think to ask Shakespeare what he thought about Shakespeare in Love winning an Oscar. God bless him.