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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. |
Publication Year | 2006 |
ISBN-13 | 9780747582212 |
ISBN-10 | 9780747582212 |
Binding | Paperback |
Number of Pages | 368 Pages |
Language | (English) |
Dimensions (Cms) | 22 X 14.8 X 2 |
Weight (grms) | 454 |
Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turn in the Short-Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. 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. Fuelled by Saunders's unrivalled wit, outlandish imagination and incisive political sensibility, this is a deeply strange yet strangely familiar fable of power and impotence, justice and injustice. The novella is followed by In Persuasion Nation, a collection of stories by turns touching, funny and sad, set in a warped, hilarious, yet very recognisable American landscape.
George Saunders
Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.