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008			120113s2011 nyu b 000 0beng
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020			_a9780805086935
050	0	0	_aPS3572.O5 _bZ855 2011
082	0	0	_a92 VON
100	1		_aShields, Charles J. _d, 1951-
245	1	0	_aAnd so it goes _b: Kurt Vonnegut, a life _c/ Charles Shields
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Henry Holt and Co. _c, 2011.
300			_axii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [425]-492) and index. .
505	0		_aOut of print and scared to death -- You were an accident, 1922-1940 -- One of the biggest fools on the hill, 1940-1943 -- To war in the bridal suite, 1943-1945 -- Folk Society and the House of Magic, 1945-1947 -- Stop being such a hardheaded realist, 1948-1951 -- The dead engineer, 1951-1958 -- Cooped up with all these kids, 1958-1965 -- A community of writers, 1965-1967 -- The big Ka-BOOM, 1967-1969 -- Goodbye and goodbye and goodbye, 1969-1971 -- Cultural bureaucrat, 1971-1974 -- Ripped off, 1975-1979 -- Looking for Mr. Vonnegut, 1980-1984 -- Dear celebrity, 1984-1991 -- Waiting to die, 1992-2007 -- Appendix. Vonnegut-Lieber family history.
520			_aAn authorized portrait of the influential twentieth-century American writer draws on first-person accounts and Vonnegut's private letters while offering insight into his youth, the inspirations for his work, and his enduring literary impact.
600	1	0	_aVonnegut, Kurt
650		4	_aNovelists, American _y-20th century _v--Biography
942			_cMO
999			_c258021 _d258021