MixedThe Washington Independent Review of BooksIn Tenth of December, humor and satire infuse dysfunctional families, dysfunctional sex, unsuspected heroism, realism and near future settings in 10 short stories from short-short length to full length. With laughter, frequent shudders and always an accessible rigor that fellow writers have come to love and expect in Saunders’ work, this collection — mostly realism — does not disappoint. For the most part … The stories are a fun and often gut-punching ride. They will make you question your manhood. Womanhood? No, but they are decidedly human. And they fulfill one of Saunders’ self-proclaimed goals, diversity of readership.
