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‘Vonnegut, though revered by hippies, was ‘less a radical than a reactionary’ ‘

November 18, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

Die faster, please…

A stormy foe of the Vietnam war, he was also a stockholder in “Dow Chemical, the sole maker of napalm.”

And Vonnegut, who championed family to his readers, was reckless with those closest to him. (…)

“Perhaps it was possible to live too long,” writes his biographer.

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