Before Tenth of December made him famous, Pastoralia was the collection where Saunders locked in his voice: corporate dystopia played for laughs that curdle into dread. The title novella, about two theme-park employees pretending to be cavemen, is the funniest story about workplace despair ever written. Every sentence sounds like it was focus-grouped by a committee that hates you.

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.