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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic.”—Oprah Daily Booker Prize winner George Saunders presents his first short story collection since the acclaimed Tenth of December. Recognized as the “best short-story writer in English” (Time), this masterful collection delves into power, ethics, and justice, examining what it means to coexist with others. With his signature prose—witty, unsentimental, and finely tuned—Saunders challenges readers through a series of prismatic stories that balance joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and harsh reality. In “Love Letter,” a grandfather addresses his grandson amid a dystopian future, emphasizing our responsibilities to ideals and each other. “Ghoul” explores the moral complexities faced by Brian, a lonely character in a Hell-themed amusement park. “Mother’s Day” captures two women confronting their shared love for the same man during a hailstorm. “Elliott Spencer” follows an eighty-nine-year-old victim of a reprogramming scheme, while “My House” poignantly reflects on unfulfilled dreams and decay in just seven pages. These nine subversive and profound stories invite readers to adopt Saunders’ generous and clear-eyed perspective, even in absurd circumstances.