Who would suspect a curmudgeon behind such handsome avowals? But perhaps this is what they are good for. Not a word on the acknowledgements page about grievances, or about offenses received and inflicted.
He is, he says, ‘blessed,’ ‘in luck,’ ‘serene’ even in his obligations. The writer presents himself as one surrounded, cushioned, buoyed up by wonderful friends. “I often marvel at the persona engendered by the influence of the form. George Saunders, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Random House paperback edition, 2016, 198 pp.
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