With an introduction from the New York Times by Joel Lovell George Saunders‎'‎ most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet‎,‎ Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations‎.‎ A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions‎;‎ Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of DarkenfloxxTM in some unusual drug trials‎;‎ and 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 and the ever‎-settling present‎,‎ this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity‎.‎