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In Persuasion Nation

By George Saunders

By George Saunders

By George Saunders

By George Saunders

By George Saunders
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By George Saunders
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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

Paperback $17.00

Mar 06, 2007 | ISBN 9781594482427

Ebook $13.99

Apr 20, 2006 | ISBN 9781101217450

Audiobook Download $17.50

Oct 29, 2019 | 332 Minutes

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    About In Persuasion Nation

    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

    About In Persuasion Nation

    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

    About In Persuasion Nation

    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

    This audiobook includes an original song by the author.
    “In Persuasion Nation” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at 365 Producer in Santa Cruz, California.

    Listen to a sample from In Persuasion Nation

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    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He… More about George Saunders

    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He… More about George Saunders

    About George Saunders

    George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He… More about George Saunders

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Mar 06, 2007 | 256 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781594482427

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Apr 20, 2006 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9781101217450

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 29, 2019 | 332 Minutes | ISBN 9780593147207
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    Praise

    “Back when Philip K. Dick asked, ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ who could have imagined that George Saunders would answer?… Saunders’s caustic wit, imaginative flair, and the ping-pong speed of his dialogue are on full display here.” — Los Angeles Times

    “Leaves you startled and hushed, grateful to be alive and to be reading.” — Associated Press

    “Insanely inventive… Stunningly effective… The surreal Saunders magic is working.” — New York Times Book Review

    “Ludicrously funny and outrageously prescient… Saunders’s finest gift… is to construct a story of absurdist satire, then locate within it a moment of searing humanity.” — The Boston Globe

    “Pynchon-meets-Wonder Showzen.” — Entertainment Weekly

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