![]() ![]() One of our sharpest observers of human nature, Shriver challenges us to think long and hard about the society we live in and what, ultimately, we hold most dear. ![]() from Paris after many years abroad, to her precocious teenage nephew Willing, who is the only one to actually understand the crisis, to the brilliant Georgetown economics professor Lowell, who watches his whole vision of the world disintegrate before his eyes.Īs ever, in her new novel, Shriver draws larger than life characters who illuminate this complicated, ever-changing world. The Mandibles can count on their inheritance no longer, and each member must come to terms with this in their own way-from the elegant ex-pat author Nollie, in her middle age, returning to the U.S. ![]() Under siege from an upstart international currency, the dollar is in meltdown. ![]() Yet Americas soaring national debt has grown so enormous that it can never be repaid. The American President declares that the States will default on all its loans-prices skyrocket, currency becomes essentially worthless, and we watch one family struggle to survive through it all. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies. In a coordinated move by the rest of the world's governments, the dollar loses all its value. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is under attack. The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. From Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, comes a striking new novel about family, money, and global economic crisis. ![]()
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