![]() ![]() We discover in several of the other stories it's not only teenagers in the spotlight here, though Saunders does teenagers just brilliantly. ![]() The surge of the characters' thoughts carry the reader along in this one as if on a relentless flowing stream. ![]() In this story, another one about inadvertent heroism, the boy follows a would-be suicide until he himself finds his own life in danger, and the suicide takes preventative measures. She's snatched from her front yard by a deranged Christian-minded sex creep and then rescued by a nerdy, dreamy teenage neighbor.ĭreamy might also describe the state of mind of the pale adolescent hero of the title story, "Tenth of December." He's a boy who wanders off into the winter woods in a fantasy about a miniature race of creatures that live in the rock wall in the park near his house, and in his heart, a girl named Suzanne. And his comedy, like most great comedy, is dark, as in "Victory Lap," the opening story, in which a suburban teenage girl finds herself a kidnap victim. And our reviewer, Alan Cheuse, says it's a book for everyone from serious students of the American short story to those folks just looking for a good read.ĪLAN CHEUSE, BYLINE: Saunders is one of the most gifted and seriously successful comic short story writers working in America today. "Tenth of December" is the new collection of stories from MacArthur "genius" award-winner George Saunders. ![]()
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