Tenth of December

Tenth of December won the Folio Prize 2014 and was shortlisted for the National Book Award 2013. 100,000 copies were sold in the US.George Saunders' star has never been higher. His internationally bestselling novel Lincoln in the Bardo was published to great acclaim in the UK, praised by booksellers, press and readers alike.Admirers of George Saunders include Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, Thomas Pynchon, Jennifer Egan, Lorrie Moore, Hari Kunzru and Junot DíazOne of America's greatest short story writers alongside Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Nathan Englander and Tobias WolffListed as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2013Rejacketed in new cover style alongside the Lincoln in the Bardo paperback and other Saunders backlist titlesGeorge 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 2014 and was a finalist for the National Book Award 2013. He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and in 2013 was listed by Time as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University. georgesaundersbooks.comWINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George 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.The 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 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