Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut Victor Bevine Avirama Golan First published 1961

About this book

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

Subjects

american fiction (fictional works by one author)
black humor (literature)
fiction
national socialism
prisoners
science fiction
spanish fiction
spy stories
trials
war crime trials
war criminals
world war, 1939-1945