<p><b>FROM THE ONE-OF-A-KIND IMAGINATION THAT BROUGHT US <i>SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5</i> AND <i>CAT''S CRADLE</i></b><br><br><b> ''Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer'' <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>An ''autobiographical collage'' of speeches, stories and essays, in <i>Palm Sunday</i>, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother''s midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage. <br><br>Resonating with his singular voice, this is a self-portrait in writing that showcases why Kurt Vonnegut is as genius an essayist and commentator on American society as he is a novelist.</p>