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George Saunders

One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre

There 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 stories

Strangely moving, hilariously unsettling, and unlike anything else you'll read this year

Hilarious but frightening, cruel yet compassionate...read the first pages of any story slowly and you'll realise how good he is

The debut of an exciting new voice in fiction...He's a savage satirist with a sentimental streak who delineates the dark underbelly of the American dream. Mr Saunders' satiric vision of America is dark and demented, also ferocious and very funny

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

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One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre

Surreal and puncturing

There is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone.

One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre

Surreal and puncturing

There is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone.

One of the few living masters of the [short story] genre

Surreal and puncturing

There is no author I recommend to people more often - for ten years I've urged George Saunders onto everyone and everyone.

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12 short story collections to sink into

In defence of the exclamation mark!

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