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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut

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Jun 16, 11

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As someone who personally isn't very religious or spiritual, I was unsure whether or not Vonnegut's tiny little paperback would resonate well with me... but I must admit that I loved every single page.

God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian is essentially a collection of snippets that Vonnegut originally presented as ninety-second interludes on a New York public radio station. As a self-deemed "reporter of the Afterlife," Vonnegut permits the famed euthanasia activist Dr. Kevorkian (fondly referred to as Jack) to strap him to a gurney and to monitor a series of controlled near-death experiences, all in pursuit of reaching those Pearly White Gates in order to speak with some of mankind's latest and greatest. Along the way, he encounters individuals ranging from William Shakespeare to Mary Shelley to (my personal favorite) Adolf Hitler.

I mean, there isn't much to say about this particular piece of work besides it's extremely short (less than a hundred pages), but what it lacks in length, it certainly makes up for in humor.

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