From the undisputed master of the short story George Saunders comes a dazzling & disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date 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; Divisional Director Todd Birnie sends round a memo to employees he thinks need some inspiration; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums & the prospect of Darkenfloxx' in some unusual drug trials; & in an auction of local celebrities Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. Although as a young boy discovers sometimes the voices fade & all you are left with is a frozen hill on a cold day in December... With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past & the ever-settling present Tenth of December sings with astonishing charm & intensity & re-affirms Saunders as one of our greatest living storytellers.