This novel tells the story of a devilish pair of twins whose enormous intellect is hidden behind a facade of idiocy.

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During the Second World War he served in Europe and, as a prisoner-of-war in Germany, witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which later inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. His other novels include Cat's Cradle, Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galapagos and Bluebeard. He died in 2007.