A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2007, Paperback, Reprint)

This slim collection by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A dozen short essays, a poem, and an author's note make up this brief work. Non-fiction, these essays range in topics from the problems with modern technology, to the differences between men and women. Most prevalent however, are politics, and issues of American society. Most were written during the past five years for the magazine In These Times. Each essay is illustrated with Vonnegut's own original art work.
In January 2007, Vonnegut indicated that he intended this to be his final work. Vonnegut died at the age of 84 on April 11, 2007, in Manhattan, New York after a fall at his Manhattan home several weeks prior. This was his last work. No matter how humorous or off the wall what he writes appears to be, he is very serious, or he is in this case. But in any case The essays are classic Vonnegut.

Vonnegut has been called the Mark Twain of our time, in this volume one can see why. It's a book that is brutally honest in its hopelessness, though it is also very funny. In it, he wrote this epitaph for the Earth: "The good Earth – we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy."

A Man Without a Country mourns the death of what we could have been but never tried become.
Everyone should read this book!

willtrib - EasyCityBooks NOLA

I'm not sure why this book was even published. At 150 pages, with a lot of pictures and blank pages, it just isn't worth buying. It seems like a cynical exercise to make an extra buck or two off the litmaster's good name. Get it from the library and read it in one or two days. Only those who must have a copy of every little thing Vonnegut wrote need apply. Vonnegut doesn't say anything here he doesn't say in his novels except his cynicism and disapproval are directly aimed at the Bush administration instead of life in general. One last shot across the bow from a tired old writer. Criticizing the Bush administration is like shooting fish in a barrel these days and nearly everyone seems to be shooting the limit. If you must have Vonnegut's 2 cents, then by all means.