{"product_id":"the-brief-and-frightening-reign-of-phil-isbn-9781594481529","title":"The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil\u003c\/i\u003e.  An \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003ePraise for George Saunders:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.\"—Thomas Pynchon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A master of distilling the disorders of our time into fiction.\"—Salon.com\u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn Persuasion Nation\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePastoralia\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCivilWarLand in Bad Decline\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Braindead Megaphone\u003c\/i\u003e; and a children's book, \u003ci\u003eThe Very Persistent Gappers of Frip\u003c\/i\u003e. His work appears regularly in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2006, he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation \"genius grant.\" In 2000, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003enamed him one of the \"Best Writers Under 40.\"  He is a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. He teaches at Syracuse University.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301383885029,"sku":"NP9781594481529","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594481529.jpg?v=1767738535","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-brief-and-frightening-reign-of-phil-isbn-9781594481529","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}