WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious & disturbing collection yet Tenth of December illuminates human experience & explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums & the prospect of Darkenfloxx TM in some unusual drug trials; & Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past & the ever-settling present this collection sings with astonishing charm & intensity