EBOOK Fox 8: A Story

From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller Tenth of December comes a darkly comic short story, a fable about the all too real impact that we humans have on the environmentnow available for the first time as an eBook. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regarded with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until Fox 8 develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak &';Yuman&' by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children&'s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about peopleeven after &';danjer&' arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom the New York Times called &';the writer for our time.&' Praise for George Saunders and Tenth of December &';The best book you&'ll read this year . . . more moving and emotionally accessible than anything that has come before.&'The New York Times Magazine &';Saunders is a complete original, unlike anyone else.&'Dave Eggers &';Affecting [and] wincingly funny . . . It&'s no exaggeration to say that the short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction.&'The Wall Street Journal &';Subversive, hilarious, and emotionally piercing.&'Jennifer Egan &';Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.&'Zadie Smith &';George Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless. We&'re lucky to have him.&'Jonathan Franzen &';Tenth of December isn&'t just [Saunders&'s] most unexpected work yet; it&'s also his best . . . as weird, scary, and devastating as America itself.&'NPR &';An astoundingly tuned voicegraceful, dark, authentic, and funnytelling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.&'Thomas Pynchon &';The best short-story writer in English alive.&' Mary Karr