CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Stories and a Novella (George Saunders)

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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
Stories and a Novella

George Saunders

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George saunders has this ability to pair the grim with the quirky, the brutal with the bizarrely hopeful, so that his stories never tip over completely into darkness. He captures the nastiness of violence, consumerism and sexism while keeping the tone...

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