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Tentative thesis: Saunders' writing more compellingly captures contemporary identity than either, say, DFW or Zadie Smith, but there's this level of possible irony that's always lurking in Saunders. In some ways, his prose is less "literary," but more interesting. Yet he doesn't seem to do redemption as skillfully as DFW or Zadie.
— Oct 24, 2017 04:41PM
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Travis Timmons
is 47% done
My first taste of Saunders. Really incredible stuff so far. The terrifying ontology of teenagers ("Victory Lap"). The 3rd-person-becomes-sorta-1st-person narrative, then switches between characters ("Puppy"), or digs deep ("Al Roosten"). The contemporary conscious and idiom defamiliarized ("Escape from Spiderhead"). All gripping stuff.
— Oct 24, 2017 04:29PM
