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The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders. So begins The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil. An Animal Farm for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101594481520

ISBN-139781594481529

eBay Product ID (ePID)46462911

Product Key Features

Book TitleBrief and Frightening Reign of Phil

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicFantasy / General, Dystopian, Short Stories (Single Author), Satire, Literary, Political, Humorous / General

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorGeorge Saunders

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight3.6 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-046516

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsPraise for George Saunders: "An astoundingly tuned voice--graceful, dark, aunthentic, and funny--telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times."--Thomas Pynchon "Mr. Saunders writes like the illegitamate offspring of Nathanael West and Kurt Vonnegut. His satiric vision of America is dark and demented; it is also ferocious and very funny."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A master of distilling the disorders of our time into fiction."--Salon.com, Praise for George Saunders: "An astoundingly tuned voice--graceful, dark, aunthentic, and funny--telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times."--Thomas Pynchon "Mr. Saunders writes like the illegitimate offspring of Nathanael West and Kurt Vonnegut. His satiric vision of America is dark and demented; it is also ferocious and very funny."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A master of distilling the disorders of our time into fiction."--Salon.com, Praise for George Saunders: "An astoundingly tuned voice-graceful, dark, aunthentic, and funny-telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times."-Thomas Pynchon "Mr. Saunders writes like the illegitamate offspring of Nathanael West and Kurt Vonnegut. His satiric vision of America is dark and demented; it is also ferocious and very funny."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A master of distilling the disorders of our time into fiction."-Salon.com

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Grade ToUP

SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December , a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turns in the Short-Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. It's a long-standing arrangement between the fantastical, not-exactly-human citizens of the two countries. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen then in residence over the border into Outer Horner territory, the Outer Hornerites declare an Invasion In Progress--having fallen under the spell of the power-hungry and demagogic Phil. So begins The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil . An Animal Farm for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone., From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December , a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time, citizens waiting to enter the country fall under the rule of the power-hungry and tyrannical Phil, setting off a chain of injustice and mass hysteria. An Animal Farm for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone. Over six years in the writing, and brilliantly and beautifully packaged, this novella is Saunders' first stand-alone, book-length work--and his first book for adults in five years.

LC Classification NumberPS3569.A7897B75 2005