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The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

Af: Lionel Shriver Engelsk Paperback

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

Af: Lionel Shriver Engelsk Paperback
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THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.‘Distinctly chilling’ Independent ‘Unsettling as it is entertaining’ Financial Times‘It''s scaring the hell out of me’ Tracy ChevalierIn this eerily prophetic novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, a once-wealthy family faces the prospect of ruin. This apocalypse is financial – the dollar is in meltdown, America’s national debt far beyond repayment.It is 2029.The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies, but now their inheritance is turned to ash. Each family member must contend with disappointment, but also — as the effects of the downturn start to hit — the challenge of sheer survival.Recently affluent Avery is petulant that she can’t buy olive oil, while her sister Florence is forced to absorb strays into her increasingly cramped household. As their father Carter fumes at having to care for his demented stepmother now that a nursing home is too expensive, his sister Nollie, an expat author, returns from abroad at 73 to a country that’s unrecognizable.Perhaps only Florence’s oddball teenage son Willing, an economics autodidact, can save this formerly august American family from the streets…
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THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.‘Distinctly chilling’ Independent ‘Unsettling as it is entertaining’ Financial Times‘It''s scaring the hell out of me’ Tracy ChevalierIn this eerily prophetic novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, a once-wealthy family faces the prospect of ruin. This apocalypse is financial – the dollar is in meltdown, America’s national debt far beyond repayment.It is 2029.The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies, but now their inheritance is turned to ash. Each family member must contend with disappointment, but also — as the effects of the downturn start to hit — the challenge of sheer survival.Recently affluent Avery is petulant that she can’t buy olive oil, while her sister Florence is forced to absorb strays into her increasingly cramped household. As their father Carter fumes at having to care for his demented stepmother now that a nursing home is too expensive, his sister Nollie, an expat author, returns from abroad at 73 to a country that’s unrecognizable.Perhaps only Florence’s oddball teenage son Willing, an economics autodidact, can save this formerly august American family from the streets…
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 528
ISBN-13: 9780007560776
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 000756077X
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 9 mar 2017
Længde: 33mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 9 mar 2017
Forfatter(e): Lionel Shriver
Forfatter(e) Lionel Shriver

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9780007560776

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 528

Udgave

Længde 33mm

Bredde 129mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 9 mar 2017

Oplagsdato 9 mar 2017

Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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