The Virginian-Pilot 
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, March 31, 1996                 TAG: 9603280569
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J2   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Book Review
SOURCE: BY GAIL CALDWELL, THE BOSTON GLOBE
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

DYSTOPIAN STORIES ARE FEROCIOUS, WITTY AND MUCH TOO FAMILIAR

CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE

GEORGE SAUNDERS

Random House. 179 pp. $22.

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