9/3/15
This dark and shockingly comic story from George Saunders displays modern society's virtue of progress, but reveals it as progress driven by horrifying values and ideals. I laughed out loud on numerous occasions during these seven pages, but ultimately set the book down feeling the weight of what lies beneath Saunders' vision [usually I don't operate in romantic cliches like this, but here I'm being honest]. As with "Adams", the comedy or frankness is not the intention of the story, and it is not there to suppress the horror-- it is actually meant to enhance the horror. And for me, this time, it did; what was comically excessive in this story was also disturbing.
It was highly enjoyable, and skillfully-done. And I'm truly amazed by how funny it was.
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