-An American short-story writer of intimidating talent'' Zadie Smith-Graceful, dark, authentic and funny'' Thomas Pynchon-You do not read Saunders'' stories so much as watch them detonate on the page in front of you, like a firecracker some joker has slipped into your pudding''New StatesmanFrom the No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, and the story collection Tenth of December, winner of the Folio Prize for Fiction 2014Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen 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 his brief and very frightening reign...A surreal and incisive satire by the Booker Prize-winning author whose work i
