Tenth of December by George Saunders Folktales and even great-grandparents

and even great-grandparents

Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer

Selin turns up at Harvard and finds herself dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood

Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us

Tenth of December by George Saunders Folktales and even great-grandparentsWINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December 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 DarkenfloxxTM in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides