The last couple of months I've been reading Kurt Vonnegut's later novels. For some reason, I had stopped reading Vonnegut after "Welcome to the Monkey House." I'm currently reading "Bluebeard" - dust jacket shown above. While it is not up to his earlier work, it is nevertheless an interesting read. I found the start to Chapter 10 quite relevant to today's current affairs (messes), even though it was written in 1987:
"Back in 1933: ... The Great Depression was going on, so that the station [New York's Grand Central Station] and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today. The newspapers were full of stories of worker layoffs and farm foreclosures and bank failures, just as they are today. All that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a Great Depression. We may even be hiding a Third World War."
Photo below is of Vonnegut in 1987, taken by his wife Jill Krementz. I'll do some brief reviews of Vonnegut's later novels in the coming weeks.
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