#40: In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders

I thought I didn’t know George Saunders before this book, but willing to admit my mistake, it turns out he wrote one of my favorite stories in My Mistress’s Sparrow is Dead (also highly recommended). This is his collection of short stories where he oozes satire from every page. Saunders proves words and ideas can be twisted into outragous commentary that somehow show it’s not he who is the crazy one, but you and your modern lifestyle. In reading it, I was caught off gaurd by how connected I felt to characters and places even though on the surface they resemble little of my current world. This kind of manipulatation isn’t always easy to read or write, and I’m often a tough critic of it, but I would gladly suggest this book if you want fiction entertainment without hesitation.