Kurt Vonnegut, The Foster Portfolio — Part Two

from ClearTales · host Richard Carlton London

A financial advisor prepares a masterpiece portfolio for Herbert Foster, only to discover that Herbert secretly spends his weekends playing raw jazz under the name Firehouse Harris. Torn between duty to his wife and a father’s wild music, Herbert keeps his respectable life by day and his passion by night. This final episode closes Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s tale of money, identity, and the small, costly compromises that shape a life.

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