Who is Kilgore Trout?
Kilgore Trout is perhaps Vonnegut’s fictional alter ego. He is mentioned in many of KV’s books as a little known science fiction writer who is usually published in pornographic magazines and books with pictures of ”wide open beavers,” although his stories have nothing to do with the accompanying photographs. Frequently, Vonnegut will give a synopsis of an amusing story written by Trout, as read by one of Vonnegut’s main characters. Trout himself is a main character in Breakfast of Champions, (where Vonnegut actually writes himself in to his own book, and allows Trout to meet him) and in Timequake. He appears also appears in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Slaughterhouse-Five. His writings are mentioned in Jailbird and Hocus Pocus while his son Leon is the narrator of Galpagos.
