American literature of the second half of 20 century

Vonnegut’s novel Breakfast of Champions (1973) was also successful, but those that followed—Slapstick (1976), Jailbird (1979), and Deadeye Dick (1982)—are generally considered his weakest. Many critics called Galapagos (1985)—set in a distant future in which humans have evolved into dimwitted but happy aquatic creatures—a comeback for the author. In 1997 Vonnegut published what he claimed would be his last novel, Timequake, about a rupture in the fabric of time that forces the world to relive the previous decade.

• Vonnegut’s novel Breakfast of Champions (1973) was also successful, but those that followed—Slapstick (1976), Jailbird (1979), and Deadeye Dick (1982)—are generally considered his weakest. Many critics called Galapagos (1985)—set in a distant future in which humans have evolved into dimwitted but happy aquatic creatures—a comeback for the author. In 1997 Vonnegut published what he claimed would be his last novel, Timequake, about a rupture in the fabric of time that forces the world to relive the previous decade.
• Vonnegut’s other works include the novels Bluebeard (1987) and Hocus Pocus (1990), the play Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971), the children’s book Sun, Moon, Star (1980), and three books of nonfiction essays and meditations: Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons (1974), Palm Sunday (1981), and Fates Worse Than Death (1991).