` Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice
- graceful, dark, authentic & funny
- telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times` Thomas Pynchon In PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged & amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live & work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people who are `crapping in your oatmeal`. & a male exotic dancer & his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave. With an uncanny combination of deadpan naturalism & uproarious humour, George Saunders creates a world that is both indelibly original & yet hauntingly familiar.. .