Tenth Of December Av George Saunders

<b>**<i>ESCAPE FROM SPIDERHEAD</i> NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX - STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND MILES TELLER**</b><b>The prize-winning, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of <i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i></b><b>''The best book you''ll read this year'' </b><i>New York Times</i><b>''Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America'' <i>Sunday Times</i>WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013</b>George Saunders¿s most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, <i>Tenth of December</i> 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 Darkenfloxx(TM) 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 riffi