Tenth of December: Stories

PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR

GEORGE SAUNDERS

“Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”

—Zadie Smith

“The person I’m highest on right now is George Saunders, whose book CivilWarLand in Bad Decline just came out and is well worth a great deal of attention.”

—David Foster Wallace, in Salon

“[I] read Saunders because he always makes me want to write. He reads like he’s having such a good time and I love his humor so much.… He was one of those writers—he just opened doors and doors for me.”

—Karen Russell

“An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.”

—Thomas Pynchon

“A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.”

—Joshua Ferris, in The New Yorker Book Bench

“Saunders is a writer of arresting brilliance and originality, with a sure sense of his material and apparently inexhaustible resources of voice.… Scary, hilarious, and unforgettable.”

—Tobias Wolff

“George Saunders is so funny and inventive he makes you love words and so wide-eyed wistful he talks you into loving people.”

—Sarah Vowell