In Persuasion Nation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594482427)

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

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.

"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."--The Nation

"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."--Esquire

Author: George Saunders
ISBN-10: 159448242X
ISBN-13: 9781594482427
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/01/2007 pg. 24
Commonweal 06/15/2007 pg. 34