Gasps of approval. (BTW I did this book thing and in the toss up I think I chose Slaughterhouse 5 instead). But here's a blog I wrote about Sirens and S5: davidjcohenauthor.com/2023/01/17/b...

BUSY BUSY BUSY: KURT VONNEGUT, DAD AND ME

I’ve just finished reading a novel about an opinionated feckless American billionaire. He’s the richest man in the world but he’s unhappy. And imagines he’ll find the answer to all of l…

It does make sense that Adams & Lloyd were consuming lots of Vonnegut - not just the satirical slightly psychadelic scifi but also that conversational narrative tone that goes on tangents and wilfully discredits what characters say by letting us in on inner thoughts etc. I also def do this.