The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

In a profoundly strange country called Inner Horner, large enough for only one resident at a time, citizens waiting to enter the country fall under the rule of the power-hungry and tyrannical Phil, setting off a chain of injustice and mass hysteria.

An Animal Farm for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone. Over six years in the writing, and brilliantly and beautifully packaged, this novella is Saunders' first stand-alone, book-length work--and his first book for adults in five years.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 09/06/2005
ISBN: 9781594481529
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.08h x 5.04w x 0.34d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/18/2005 pg. 177
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 62
Entertainment Weekly 09/09/2005 pg. 148
New York Times 10/02/2005 pg. 31
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2005 pg. 763