Tenth of December (Hardback)
Short Description for Tenth of December Instantly astounding and enduringly haunting, one of America's greatest writers gives us his most dazzling short story collection yet
Full description- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Published: 03 January 2013
- Format: Hardback 272 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Short Stories
- ISBN 13: 9781408837344 ISBN 10: 140883734X
- Sales rank: 7,055
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Full description for Tenth of December
From the undisputed master of the short story, George Saunders, comes a dazzling and disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date, 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; Divisional Director Todd Birnie sends round a memo to employees he thinks need some inspiration; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx' in some unusual drug trials; and in an auction of local celebrities Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. Although, as a young boy discovers, sometimes the voices fade and all you are left with is a frozen hill on a cold day in December...With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, Tenth of December sings with astonishing charm and intensity, and re-affirms Saunders as one of our greatest living storytellers.
