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EPISODE · Oct 29, 2019 · 5H 31M

In Persuasion Nation (By George Saunders)

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Persuasion Nation Author: George Saunders Narrator: George Saunders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon.   'The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... [But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.'—The Nation 'Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.'—Esquire This audiobook includes an original song by the author. “In Persuasion Nation” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at 365 Producer in Santa Cruz, California.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Persuasion Nation Author: George Saunders Narrator: George Saunders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Talking candy bars, baby geniuses, disappointed mothers, castrated dogs, interned teenagers, and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon.   'The first thing you ought to know is that Saunders is the funniest writer in America... [But] Saunders's laughs are a cover, a diversion, beneath which reside some profoundly serious intentions regarding the morality of how we live and the power of love and immanent death to transform us into vastly better creatures... I can't think of another writer who would try to do what Saunders is doing, or anything close to it. This is an important book.'—The Nation 'Saunders is a hilarious, wicked, and pitch-perfect satirist of our times, of course, but for a satirist he has a whole lot of heart.'—Esquire This audiobook includes an original song by the author. “In Persuasion Nation” was written and performed by George Saunders, and recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Coleman at 365 Producer in Santa Cruz, California.

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