Welcome to the Monkey House: Stories

Vonnegut has been one of the most stimulating reads of my life. I simply thrive on the ideas, politics, humour and humanity to be found in his 14 novels but the title work of this book of short stories is unpleasant. It features a gang rape that is not portrayed with opprobrium. Not prurient but also not necessary. It originally appeared in Playboy. If this had been the first piece by Vonnegut I'd read it might well have been the last; and what delights I would have missed. Treat as an aberration, avoid and read his other works.

Haven't read Vonnegut for many years. To be honest it's a bit dated nowadays. But I enjoyed it all the same.

Really good condition

There are some great stories here. I'm afraid the ones included in the second half of the book are not as good, so overall it's not a perfect collection. But some of these stories are so good that they really make up for the weak ones. I strongly recommend it.

Recommended to me by an English Literature university student. Interesting views.

One of Vonnegut's finest!