In Persuasion Nation -- George Saunders

<b>From the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel <b><i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i> and the story collection </b><i>Tenth of December</i>, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.</b> <p/> Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables--all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon. <p/> The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.--<i>The Nation</i> <p/> Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.--<i>Esquire</i><br><br><b>Author:</b> George Saunders<br><b>Publisher:</b> Riverhead Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/06/2007<br><b>Pages:</b> 256<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781594482427<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 04/01/2007 pg. 24<br><i>Commonweal</i> 06/15/2007 pg. 34<b