Dead-Eye Dick

1982. First Edition. Signed. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. New York: Delacorte, (1982). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1750.First edition of Vonnegut's critically praised novel, boldly signed by him with his characteristic asterisk mark.In Dead-Eye Dick, Vonnegut again draws on his own life to raise the question of innocence and responsibility in the nuclear age. ""In his own darkly humorous way, Vonnegut crafts a tale that, while acknowledging the grave complexity of this question, cuts through it with graceful simplicity and ethical clarity"" (Davis, Kurt Vonnegut's Crusade, 104). Vonnegut was ""a true artist… like Mark Twain, Vonnegut used humor to tackle the basic questions of human existence"" (New York Times). ""First Printing"" stated on copyright page. Book fine, dust jacket near-fine with usual toning to edges.