Hwa Chen Chen itibaren Shahbazpur, Pakistan
I recently re-read this, having found a disintegrating copy in the back of the used books store for $2. Combined with Catch-22, Slaughterhouse Five provides one of the few non-heroic looks at World War II (and time travel, for that matter). There's no heroism, no nobility, no redemption; there's only people acting out their tiny little part in time.