Yes, I remember trying to read some other works by Vonnegutt and being similarly, well not dissappointed but kind of irritated. And I don't mean that I would prefer a "Sgt. Rock" - type approach to war literature, on the contrary. I've enjoyed reading very ponderous and meandering works that were about all kinds of subjects and not just about war.
I guess what I would like to read from Vonnegutt would be an autobiography that would focus on his time in the WW 2.
But anyway, I guess I have to concede that Slaughterhouse 5 book & film is infact a western work on the Dresden bombings although IMO not fully satisfactory and not really a "Saving Private Ryan" - type block buster.
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