2000

It’s George Saunders.

—Lane

A New York Times bestseller

In a perfect world, every child would own a copy of this profound, funny fable…. Every adult would own a copy too, and would marvel at how this smart, subversive little book is even deeper and more hilarious than any child could know.

Entertainment Weekly

Saunders’s idiosyncratic voice makes an almost perfect accompaniment to children’s book illustrator Smith’s heightened characterizations and slightly surreal backdrops.

Publishers Weekly