Kurt Vonnegut's darkly funny anti-war novel has been banned at least eighteen times. Protagonist Billy Pilgrim has not only "come unstuck in time," he's abducted by aliens. But why? What real life scenario does this reflect? To find out - click on the post's title.
The Catcher in the Rye is a 20th-century jeremiad. What the heck is that? To read more and find out - click on the post's title.
The Lottery ends with a famously disturbing plot twist, one that has provoked controversy since the instant it appeared in The New Yorker. What point was Shirley Jackson making? To find out - click on the post's title.