Review
"He is our strongest writer . . . the most  stubbornly imaginative." -- John Irving,  author of The Cider House Rules.

"A gem. . .  a mature, imaginative novel-possibly the best he  has written. . . Jailbird is a  guided tour de force of America. Take it!"  -- Playboy

ANNOTATION

A master of contemporary American literature, Vonnegut has authored 18 highly acclaimed books and dozens of short stories and essays. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. Reissue.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government. . .and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portait of power and politics in our times.