In Persuasion Nation - George Saunders • BookLikes (ISBN:1429504471)

In Persuasion Nation

by: George Saunders (author)

Format: ebook

ISBN: 9781429504478 (1429504471)

Publish date: February 1st 2007

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Pages no: 240

Edition language: English

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Humor, Funny, Science Fiction, Literature, American, Literary Fiction, Adult, Contemporary, Short Stories, Short Story Collection

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pseudolibrary rated it

12 years ago

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The title story is the best - Saunders is like an educational version of Adult Swim, with a little Jonathan Swift thrown in. I skipped the last story (lost interest).

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SJane rated it

17 years ago

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This gets four stars though it wasn't as good as "Pastoralia." Still it was well pitched and extremely funny. Saunders' dialogue is perfect. My favorite stories were "Bohemians," "Brad Carrigan," "CommComm," and "My Flamboyant Grandson." Ok, "The Red Bow" and "My Amendment" were also very entertaini...

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The Drift Of Things rated it

17 years ago

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The first 4 stories in this book are delightfully, satirically funny! They are very clever commentary on our current American lifestyle. The very last story (commcomm) has some absolutely hilarious, laugh-out-loud lines poking fun at ultra-religious people and govt. bureaucrat-speak.The rest of the ...

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