{"product_id":"pastoralia-george-saunders-9781408870532","title":"Pastoralia","description":"‘Saunders is an astoundingly tuned voice - graceful, dark, authentic and funny - telling just the kind of stories we need to get us through these times' Thomas Pynchon\nIn PASTORALIA elements of contemporary life are twisted, merged and amplified into a slightly skewed version of modern America. A couple live and work in a caveman theme-park, where speaking is an instantly punishable offence. A born loser attends a self-help seminar where he is encouraged to rid himself of all the people who are ‘crapping in your oatmeal'. And a male exotic dancer and his family are terrorised by their decomposing aunt who visits them with a solemn message from beyond the grave. With an uncanny combination of deadpan naturalism and uproarious humour, George Saunders creates a world that is both indelibly original and yet hauntingly familiar ...","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51525781750048,"sku":"9781408870532","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781408870532.jpg?v=1780853766","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/pastoralia-george-saunders-9781408870532","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}