Author:George Saunders
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 TelegraphSurreal and puncturing
—— Margaret AtwoodThere 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 SundayStrangely moving, hilariously unsettling, and unlike anything else you'll read this year
—— EsquireHilarious but frightening, cruel yet compassionate...read the first pages of any story slowly and you'll realise how good he is
—— Scotland on SundayThe 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
—— Michiko Kakutani , New York TimesPenelope Lively at her best, sharp-eyed but sympathetic, deftly steering the reader from one point of view to another. This novel should delight her regular readers and ensnare new ones.
—— Evening Standard on Family AlbumLively skilfully mingles past and present, as she peels away the layers to uncover a family secret of which no one speaks...Lively's astute skewering of family relations reverberates in the mind long afterwards.
—— Daily Mail on Family AlbumGorgeous
—— David Vann on Family Album, Guardian Books of the YearSensuous and beautiful prose...proof that the best novelists change and grow.
—— The Times on ConsequencesNeatly constructed, lucidly written and full of admirable sentiments.
—— Sunday Times on ConsequencesMasterful. Transforms the every day into something rich.
—— Time Out on Consequences
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