Whelp, that will probably end up as one of my top novels of the year. 
 This was incredibly inventive and moving. And, as a short story author by trade, Saunders does not overwrite. Everything is so well thought out and specific. 
 Saunders gives himself permission to play with form and expectation here. But in a way that serves the story, not in a way where you feel the author is pulling a "look how clever I am" move. 
 This trades back and forth between characters a lot. If you have any experience reading scripts, it may be an adjustment having the names of the speakers after the text instead of on top. 
 This was just so good and I can't wait to talk to people about it.