"The stories in BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX are filled with misunderstandings, odd and humorous twists, and surprise endings that sometimes make you wince as much as smile....Besides humor and irony, there is sadness and tragedy and poignancy here. There are people whose lives have just not gone the way they thought they would....Little of the reader's time is wasted with BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX." "[T]hese newly unearthed stories run the gamut from simply entertaining to brilliant. They are the products of an earlier age, a time capsule from an era before computers, before postmodernism and irony....The emotionality of this early Vonnegut, the succinct presentation of his characters and themes, is both a surprise and a delight."