Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Truth and justice are blurred when American spy Howard Campbell is tried in Israel as a Nazi war criminal after World War II.

Howard Campbell, Jr., the narrator of “Mother Night,” is an American writer living in Germany when the Nazis come to power. He is recruited by United States military intelligence to be a spy when World War II begins. As a respected playwright married to a popular German actress, Campbell easily ingratiates himself to the Nazis and offers his services as an anti-semite.

“Soon Campbell’s Jew-baiting rants are being broadcast on the radio, bringing inspiration and joy to the Nazis, and coded messages to allied agents.

“Vonnegut’s primary moral – be careful about what we pretend to be – is made explicit by Campbell’s Nazi father-in-law who points out that it doesn’t matter whether Campbell was a spy or not. “’All the ideas that I hold now, that make me unashamed of anything I have felt or done as a Nazi, come not from Hitler, not from Goebbels, not from Himmler – but from you.’” – Mark Lindquist.

Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Publisher: Panther
Format: Softcover
Pages: 176

Condition: Good, intact cover, pages show age yellowing