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  • A Family, 2029-2047
  • Written by: Lionel Shriver
  • Narrated by: George Newbern
  • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (39 ratings)

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The Mandibles

Written by: Lionel Shriver
Narrated by: George Newbern
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Publisher's Summary

From Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That and the international best seller We Need to Talk About Kevin, comes a striking new novel about family, money, and global economic crisis.

The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is under attack. In a coordinated move by the rest of the world's governments, the dollar loses all its value. 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 can count on their inheritance no longer, and each member must come to terms with this in their own way - from the elegant expat author Nollie, in her middle age, returning to the US 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.

As ever, in her new novel Shriver draws larger than life characters who illuminate this complicated, ever-changing world. 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.

©2016 Lionel Shriver (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

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A Conservative’s Oryx and Cfake

Gripping plot with compelling characters against a backdrop of what could be a near future dystopia for western countries. Brilliant. Oryx and Crake for fiscal conservatives, gold bugs and bitcoiners.

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My kind of fiction…

I like everything about this book! The way it is written, the readers voice, the pace and development of the subject. This book distills a haunting vision of what might actually happen. For a non-fiction lover, this is the perfect escape!

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If you want to know where we are headed...

Author can see the future. Although written years ago, story is eerily predictive of what is happening today.

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