The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil av George Saunders

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<b>¿An American short-story writer of intimidating talent'' </b>Zadie Smith<b>¿Graceful, dark, authentic and funny''</b> Thomas Pynchon<b>¿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''</b><i>New Statesman</i><b><u>From the No. 1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestselling Author of the novel <i>Lincoln in the Bardo</i>, and the story collection <i>Tenth of December</i>, winner of the Folio Prize for Fiction 2014</u></b>Welcome 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 i