"Pastoralia" by George Saunders

A book review.

The stories in PASTORALIA are a cross between Ayn Rand's ANTHEM and Thomas Pynchon's THE CRYING OF LOT 39 with a hint of Christopher Haddon's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME. The highlights were the title story and "The Barber's Unhappiness" which were both biting and darkly hilarious. But I couldn't help but think that I would rather be reading THE CURIOUS INCIDENT...**

Rating System:

**** = Amazing, Fantastic, Life-Changing
*** = Excellent & Worth a Read
** = Not a Complete Waste of Time but I Probably Wouldn't Recommend It
* = Blech!

And I don't do that half-star nonsense.