Super Short Summary

Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. follows Rudy Waltz, a Midwestern expat living in Port-au-Prince, who is haunted by guilt from a childhood accident that killed a pregnant woman. His life is marked by trauma, and he adopts an ascetic lifestyle. The narrative spans his youth in Ohio, an ill-fated play in New York, life in Haiti, and his eventual return to a desolate Midland, seeking redemption. The book includes themes involving accidental death and subsequent trauma.