![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes they are uncool in a virtuous way. The stories tend to take place in self-contained suburban or small-town settings. Tenth of December presents 10 visions of America mostly filtered through the eyes of losers with one-syllable names such as Al and Kyle and Jeff. For those familiar with Saunders, it is undoubtedly more of a good thing. His new collection is his first in six years. Since then, Saunders has remained faithful to the short-story form, painstakingly crafting new pieces, which land in the New Yorker or some other classy US magazine once every three or four months. A pre- Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace declared in an interview: "The person I'm highest on right now is George Saunders." That book was met with whoops of joy: "scary, hilarious and unforgettable" announced Tobias Wolff "wildly funny, pure, generous" applauded Garrison Keillor "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny" cheered Thomas Pynchon (Thomas Pynchon!). Saunders emerged fully formed with his 1996 debut, Civilwarland in Bad Decline. But reading his new collection, Tenth of December, it seems like he's stuck. G eorge Saunders – Texas-born, Chicago-raised, seven books, many prizes, satirist, Buddhist – is one of America's best short-story writers. ![]()
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