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Book SynopsisAn American short-story writer of intimidating talent'' Zadie Smith
Graceful, dark, authentic and funny'' Thomas Pynchon
You do not read Saunders'' stories so much as watch them detonate on the page in front of you, like a firecracker some joker has slipped into your pudding'' New StatesmanFrom the No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, and the story collection Tenth of December, winner of the Folio Prize for Fiction 2014Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen in residence over the border into Outer Horner territory, the Outer Hornerites declare an Invasion in Progress, having fallen under the spell of the power-hungry and demagogic Phil. So begins his brief and very frightening reign...A surreal and incisive satire by the Booker Prize-winning author whose work ill
Trade Review‘An American short-story writer of intimidating talent' * Zadie Smith *
‘Graceful, dark, authentic and funny' * Thomas Pynchon *
‘Dark, concerned, confused and funny, all at the same time ... Like so much of Saunders' brilliant, crazy writing it's relevant, but not too relevant' * The Times *
‘You do not read Saunders' stories so much as watch them detonate on the page in front of you, like a firecracker some joker has slipped into your pudding' * New Statesman *
