Bagumbo Snuff Box

From the acclaimed author of " Slaughterhouse-Five ", " Cat's Cradle ", " Breakfast of Champions ", and " Timequake " comes this new compilation of short fiction, twenty-three previously uncollected stories. These vignettes of American life draw on Kurt Vonnegut's World War Two experiences and the resolute optimism of the country after the war. Together, they present a poignant and humorous portrayal of an America peopled with overzealous high school band directors and their students ("Ambitious Sophomore"), rebellious housewives ("Custom-Made Bride") and boasting salesmen ("Bagombo Snuff Box"), soldiers misplaced during the war " Der Arme Dolmetscher " and people lost in their own gadget-filled homes ("The Package").