pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE
By: George Saunders
Format: Paperback

List price: £8.99


We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source it.

ISBN 10: 0099595818
ISBN 13: 9780099595816
Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 6 February, 1997
Pages: 192
Description: The author's vision of America's near future is as black and funny as you can get. In this title, he takes us on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, introducing us to gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world.
Synopsis: A collection of six stories and a novella, CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE introduces an astonishing new voice in American fiction. George Saunders' vision of America's near future is as black and funny as you can get. He takes us on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, introducing us to gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Saunders' dialogue is superb, his plots marvellously bizarre: he is an original and uniquely American voice destined to become one of the most important literary discoveries of his generation.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vintage
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
A TREATISE ON THEATRES. BY GEORGE SAUNDE (HB)
A TREATISE ON THEATRES. BY GEORGE SAUNDERS.
BILINGUAL CHILDREN (PB)
BILINGUAL CHILDREN - FROM BIRTH TO TEENS (HB)
BILINGUAL CHILDREN - GUIDANCE FOR THE FAMILY (HB)
BILINGUAL CHILDREN: FROM BIRTH TO TEENS (PB)
BRAINDEAD MEGAPHONE (PB)
BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL (PB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER (HB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER (HB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER (PB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER (PB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER: A STUDY OF EMPERO (PB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER; A STUDY OF EMPEROR WILLIAM'S CHARACTER AND FOREIGN POLICY
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER; A STUDY OF EMPEROR WILLIAM'S CHARACTER AND FOREIGN POLICY
BUILDER AND BLUNDERER; A STUDY OF EMPEROR WILLIAM'S CHARACTER AND FOREIGN POLICY
BUILDER AND BLUNDERS
BUILDER AND BLUNDERS (HB)
BUILDER AND BLUNDERS; A STUDY OF EMPEROR (PB)
CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE (PB)
CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE (PB)
CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE (PB)
CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY
CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY (HB)
CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY (HB)
FOX 8
FOX 8 (HB)
FOX 8 (HB)
GEORGE SAUNDERS ON GERMANY, 1919-20 (PB)
HOME
IN PERSUASION NATION (PB)
LIBERATION DAY
LIBERATION DAY (HB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (CD)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (HB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (HB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (PB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (PB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (PB)
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (PB)
LINCOLN NEL BARDO
PASTORALIA
PASTORALIA (PB)
PASTORALIA (PB)
PASTORALIA (PB)
REMINISCENCES (HB)
REMINISCENCES...
SAMIZDAT (PB)
SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN
SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN (HB)
SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN (HB)
TENTH OF DECEMBER
TENTH OF DECEMBER (PB)
TENTH OF DECEMBER (PB)
TENTH OF DECEMBER (PB)
TENTH OF DECEMBER (PB)
THE BRAIN-DEAD MEGAPHONE
THE BRAIN-DEAD MEGAPHONE (PB)
THE BRAIN-DEAD MEGAPHONE (PB)
THE BRAIN-DEAD MEGAPHONE (PB)
THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL
THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL (PB)
THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL (PB)
THE BRIEF AND FRIGHTENING REIGN OF PHIL (PB)
THE CHALLENGE OF THE LEFT OPPOSITION (PB)
THE LETTERS PAGE
THE MORAL AND SOCIAL STATE OF THE CHRIST (HB)
THE MORAL AND SOCIAL STATE OF THE CHRIST (PB)
THE MORAL AND SOCIAL STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BEFORE AND AFTER CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
THE RISE OF THE SUPERCONDUCTORS (PB)
THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP (HB)
THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP (HB)
THE VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP (PB)
VERY PERSISTENT GAPPERS OF FRIP (HB)


TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
All the Light We Cannot See (Paperback)
By: Anthony Doerr
HarperCollins Publishers
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Kafka On The Shore (Paperback)
By: Haruki Murakami
Vintage Publishing
Our Price : £7.29
more details
The Secret History (Paperback)
By: Donna Tartt
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £7.29
more details
One Day (Paperback)
By: David Nicholls
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Our Price : £7.29
more details
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
By: William Golding
Faber & Faber
Our Price : £7.29
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FICTION
 general & literary fiction
 modern fiction


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket