THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN IN THE BARDOIn his first collection,George Saunders'vision of our near future is as black and funny as you can get. He takes us on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner,introducing us to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Bizarre but familiar,fierce but always humane,these are stunningly original stories by a master of the form.'Saunders is a morally passionate,serious writer,who perfectly expresses the madness of the times we live in. He will be read long after these times have passed'Zadie Smith'He makes the all-but-impossible look effortless. We're lucky to have him'Jonathan Franzen'There is no-one better,no-one more essential'Dave Eggers
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784871291Number of pages: 176Weight: 127 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 11 mm
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One of the few living masters of the (short story) genreSurreal and puncturingThere is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone.(A) brilliant collection of short storiesStrangely moving,hilariously unsettling,and unlike anything else you'll read this year
George Saunders
Widely regarded as one of America's most talented contemporary novelists,George Saunders made his name writing acclaimed short stories,published in the collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,Pastoralia,In Persuasion Nation and Tenth of December. His debut novel,Lincoln in the Bardo,won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 2017 and is an international bestseller.
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