Slaughter War, Slaughtered by War

A controversial book steps to the fore. Our resident literary critic discusses Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse Five’ which was published in 1970. This novel was at one time banned from literature classes and described as "depraved, immoral, psychotic, vulgar and anti-Christian." But not all copies were thrown into a pyre. No threats were made by any religious institutions. Enter the world of time travel and alien encounters with Billy Pilgrim, the novel’s protagonist. A film based on the novel won the 1972 Cannes Festival Jury Prize Award.