Together in one volume, Kurt Vonnegut’s brilliant early novels, along with six classic science fiction stories
“The experience of reading Cather’s final six novels in sequence, in their present no-nonsense Library of America format, leaves little doubt of her stature.” — The New Republic
“These four works . . . are tight, controlled, and incredibly effective both as a narration and experimental force.”—Damian Kelleher, Curled Up with a Good Book
“A must-read for anyone who loves noir.”—Sara Paretsky
“Susan Sontag’s essays are great interpretations, and even fulfillments, of what is really going on.”—Carlos Fuentes
“[W]hat a wholly delightful book! All the themes that are to dominate James’s work are already there—the clash of innocence and experience, the exquisite moral sensibility, the comedy of circumstance—but deployed with an unassumin…
“James Madison’s career represents a remarkable unity of theory and practice. With this volume, justice is done to the subtlest political thinker of America’s founding era—or of any other era.” — George Will