This weekend I finished Palm Sunday. I started it right after Kurt died and have been slowly savoring it every since. It was easy to spread it out because it’s, as he says, an autobiographical collage.
It includes many gems; it was great fun to read some of the speeches he’s given over the years. It would have been amazing to see him speak in person.
The book starts off a little slow with his genealogy, as written by a friend of the family. But despite being slow, it was still fascinating. The rest of the book he weaves together speeches, stories, and other writings. One of my favorites was the speech he gave at the yearly banquet at the Cornell Daily Sun.
Definitely a must read for all Vonnegut fans. I’m now reading the “sequel” – Fates Worse Than Death.
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