The only problem I had with this book is that it took me so long to discover George Saunders. He had been on my literary radar for a while, a distant blip, and I'm glad to have zeroed in on him. The 400-pound CEO is the best, about an morbidly obese loser who gains control of a raccoon-killing company after giving his boss a lethal bear hug and the novella, Bounty, reads like a movie that should have been made 10 years ago. The world Saunders creates is 20 minutes into the future of our own, where things have fallen apart a little more than they have now. The endings, especially of the title piece, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline - takes us to unexpected places that are entertaining.
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