Having previously worked in a bookshop for a few years and coming from a family of avid readers, I have read a lot of books, ...

So you haven't read Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut? Then pull up a seat as we dive into a sci-fi, time-traveling, autobiographical, post-modern, anti-war classic. One that centers on a WWII ...

Reviews of his latest book, Slaughterhouse-Five, have dragged out the old complaints: Vonnegut is too cute, Vonnegut is precious, Vonnegut is silly. We live in an age of great seriousness.

Atrocity: A Literary History explores written representations of mass violence.