# Everything Abridged: Stories - Hardcover

by **Dennard Dayle** (Author)

**Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR... SO FAR by _The New Yorker_**

**For readers of David Wong, Paul Beatty, and George Saunders, an electrifying and wholly original collection of satirical stories that create a bitingly funny portrait of American racism, capitalism, and politics**

Framed as a reference work of humorous "entries" that offer trenchant social commentary, _Everything Abridged_ presages a dark vision of the near future but tells jokes in the face of it: An intelligence agency operative uncovers a conspiracy to generate conspiracies and realizes his participation in the scheme. A Caribbean monarch meets four decades of American presidents and adjusts his country's foreign policy accordingly. Experiment participants are asked to bring back a gun as quickly as possible. A copywriter on a space colony advertises a weapon with the potential to destroy his home during an intergalactic war.

These and other linked stories, many of which feature a speculative bent--about being Black in America, law enforcement practices in an android society, Olympic speed walking, consumerism, nuclear war, and more--are interspersed with hilarious, one-line definitions for words ranging from _abolition_ to _zygote_, creating a sharply humorous portrait of American inequality. With his singular wit, sharp prose, and shrewd observations, Dennard Dayle captures the struggles his characters face to keep hold of their sanity in a society collapsing into chaos and absurdity.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** May 24, 2022

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