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He studied at the universities of chicago and tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. In mother night, vonnegut ups the ante on his exploration of twisted patriotism by giving us a protagonist who is an apolitical nazi. The novel takes the form of the fictional memoirs of howard w. The first edition of the novel was published in 1963, and was written by kurt vonnegut. Pdf cats cradle book by kurt vonnegut free download 306 pages. Mother night by kurt vonnegut overdrive rakuten overdrive. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are bokonon, angela hoenikker.
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