A memoir by the legendary entertainment lawyer, ?an advisor/pal to so many stars of stage and screen that the dazzle will leave you blinking? (Dan Wakefield, national-bestselling author). For more than forty years, Donald C. Farber forged a path through New York?s literary, theatrical, and celebrity circles. As Kurt Vonnegut?s attorney, literary agent, and close friend, he offers a rare portrait of Vonnegut that is both candid and entertaining. A renowned entertainment lawyer with a largely famous clientele and a highly acclaimed author in his own right, Farber provides colorful anecdotes that detail the daily realities of working with Vonnegut from the perspective of the person who knew him best. I Hated to Do It is also ?an amazing account of the one survivor of his company in WWII, a man who believed in an off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks (that is still paying off his investment), and his journey in theatrical law . . . Don is a great storyteller who keeps you always entranced? (Dan Wakefield, national-bestselling author of Going All the Way).