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Civilwarland In Bad Decline

George Saunders author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:1st Dec '16

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'An astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic and funny' Thomas Pynchon
The first ferocious, funny and unique collection of stories from George Saunders, winner of the inaugural Folio Prize

THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN IN THE BARDO

In his first collection, George Saunders' vision of our near future is as black and funny as you can get. We're lucky to have him' Jonathan Franzen

'There is no-one better, no-one more essential' Dave Eggers

THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN IN THE BARDO

In 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

One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre * Daily Telegraph *
Surreal and puncturing -- Margaret Atwood
There is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone. -- Dave Eggers
[A] brilliant collection of short stories -- Philip Hensher * Mail on Sunday *
Strangely moving, hilariously unsettling, and unlike anything else you'll read this year * Esquire *

ISBN: 9781784871291

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm

Weight: 127g

176 pages