Vonnegut's New Collection of Short Stories: Look at the Birdie

Kurt Vonnegut's second posthumous work, Look at the Birdie, is slated to appear on bookshelves soon. It is a collection of short stories from KV's career, and I believe they were composed early in his career. Armageddon in Retrospect was a bit of a disappointment as the stories seemed hurriedly assembled to coincide with the market for his material following his death. While I know I cannot expect Monkey House with every collection, I'm a bit more hopeful for Birdie. "Look at the Birdie," the title story, is offered for free via the LAT. The sly, artful use of language is present and the story ends in typical Vonnegut fashion after odd twists and turns with a conclusion that neither settles nor awards.