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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders

5.0

The first book by George Saunders, and my first time listening to an audiobook. ‘CivilWarLand in Bad Decline’ was listened to for me with a deep admiration of Saunders, I’m currently writing a piece on his craft and have read extensively about his journey to become a writer and how this short story and novella collection came into fruition. As Saunders let go of the shackles of trying to be a ‘serious’ writer that was stuck in the voice of other writers and not his own, ‘CivilWarLand in Bad Decline’ is the result. My favourite piece of this book was ‘The 400-Pound CEO’ which reminded me of the famous George Saunders style of absurd humour.