ESCAPE FROM SPIDERHEAD NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX - STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND MILES TELLERThe prize-winning,New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo'The best book you'll read this year'New York Times'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America'Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD2013George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet,Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular.With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present,this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408894811Number of pages: 288Weight: 208 gDimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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The best book you'll read this yearDazzlingly surreal stories about a failing AmericaThe best short story writer in English - not "one of",not "arguably",but the BestRiotously imaginative...From one of the few living masters of the genreIf you're a fan of dark,disturbing and satirical,George Saunders is your ideal travel companionFunny,poignant -in flashes,deeply moving- light as a feather and consistently weird
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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