The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver

Comments

[kithrup]

the US’s foreign-born Latino President decides the only acceptable solution is to default on the debts

Just gonna let that part alone stand there.

[jamoche]

"third in a series of reviews … a series I am increasingly coming to repent ever having begun."

I think a sample size of three is enough to come to a valid conclusion. I'd never had a high opinion of the Prometheus anyway - what kind of award has such a tiny candidate pool that it has to keep re-nominating the same books over and over anyway? - and I think you've established that the ones on there for their ideological purity are not all that great.

[jhetley]

Do they chew on things?

[movingfinger]

All the subtlety and insight I've come to expect from Lionel Shriver, present in this book in spades.

[philrm]

With the economy stalled, robbed of tangible wealth by a gold-hoarding government

*headdesk*

[asyouknow_bob]

"...the US’s foreign-born Latino President ..."

Sorry, right there - - this is where I got stuck.

Is it ever explained how or why the Constitution was amended to allow this? 2029 is only 13 years from 2016, it takes some number of months or years for ratification...

(...And I see I'm going need to spend some time booting up my new Dreamwidth account; at minimum, I'll need my LJ avatar here...)

[(Anonymous)]

James' commentary is gold. Fortunately, he doesn't hoard it. This is undoubtedly why the Canadian economy remains robust enough to withstand US bans on softwood lumber, etc.

TSM_in_Toronto