{"product_id":"the-brief-and-frightening-reign-of-phil","title":"The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Saunders\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781594481529\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRiverhead Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e134\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turns in the Short-Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. It's a long-standing arrangement between the fantastical, not-exactly-human citizens of the two countries. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen then in residence over the border into Outer Horner territory, the Outer Hornerites declare an Invasion In Progress--having fallen under the spell of the power-hungry and demagogic Phil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil\u003c\/i\u003e. An \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e for the 21st century, this is an incendiary political satire of unprecedented imagination, spiky humor, and cautionary appreciation for the hysteric in everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil | George Saunders | Paperback | 9781594481529 | New | Fiction 1699451","offer_id":50823528874242,"sku":"1699451","price":30.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71ZvizDeAVL.jpg?v=1792566629","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-brief-and-frightening-reign-of-phil","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}