01353cam a2200325 i 4500 616146717 TxAuBib 20230117120000.0 120410s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012013782 9780812993806 hbk. : acid-free paper 0812993802 hbk. : acid-free paper 9780812984255 0812984250 (OCoLC)785558855 TxAuBib rda Saunders, George, 1958- Tenth of December [book] : stories / George Saunders. First edition. New York : Random House, [2013] ©2013. 251 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Victory lap -- Sticks -- Puppy -- Escape from Spiderhead -- Exhortation -- Al Roosten -- The semplica girl diaries -- Home -- My chivalric fiasco -- Tenth of December. A collection of stories which includes "Home," a wryly whimsical account of a soldier's return from war; "Victory lap," a tale about an inventive abduction attempt; and the title story, in which a suicidal cancer patient saves the life of a young misfit. 20230117. Short stories.