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Tenth of December

Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
| Author:
George Saunders
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback

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SKU 9781526607140 Category
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288

WINNER OF THE 214 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 213George 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 DarkenfloxxTM 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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WINNER OF THE 214 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 213George 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 DarkenfloxxTM 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.

About Author

George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the No. 1 New York Times bestselling novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the New York Times bestselling Tenth of December, which won the Folio Prize 214 and was a finalist for the National Book Award 213. He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and in 213 was listed by Time as one of the world's 1 Most Influential People. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse

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