"[Kurt Vonnegut] has never been more satirically on-target. . . . Nothing is spared."
--People "Our strongest writer . . . the most stubbornly imaginative."
--John Irving "A gem . . . a mature, imaginative novel--possibly the best he has written . . .
Jailbird is a guided tour de force of America. Take it!"
--Playboy "A profoundly humane comedy . . .
Jailbird definitely mounts up on angelic wings--in its speed, in its sparkle, and in its high-flying intent."
--Chicago Tribune Book World "Joyously inventive . . . gleams with the loony magic Vonnegut alone can achieve."
--Cosmopolitan "Vonnegut is our great apocalyptic writer, the closest thing we've had to a prophet since . . . Lenny Bruce."
--Chicago Sun-Times "Vonnegut at his impressive best. . . . His imaginative leaps alone . . . are worth the price of admission. . . . His far-reaching metaphysical and cultural concerns . . . are ultimately serious and worth our contemplation."
--The Washington Post "Vintage Vonnegut!"
--Time "Is it entertaining? Every page of it. . . . Easily his best work of fictions since
Slaughterhouse-Five."
--New York Daily News "Life, in Vonnegut's eyes, is as chaotic as ever . . . but
Jailbird emanates serene control."
--The Atlantic Monthly "At his best . . . Vonnegut in very good form, tart, wry, often very funny."
--New York Post