George Saunders

>I have the odd character quirk I'll admit, but its odd how they manifest in linguistic tricks suitable for short fiction that would get wearing at novel length.

Any examples?

Any writers edgier than Nietzsche?

>suitable for short fiction that would get wearing at novel length
But he writes short stories. How is writing short stories in a style that's suitable for short stories bad because they wouldn't work at a different length?