The New Republic, Lionel Shriver
The New Republic, Lionel Shriver
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The New Republic
A Novel

Author: Lionel Shriver

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 13 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 03/27/2012


Synopsis

Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver—author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the vivid psychological novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, now a major motion picture—probes the mystery of charisma in a razor-sharp new novel that teases out the intimate relationship between terrorism and cults of personality, explores what makes certain people so magnetic, and reveals the deep frustrations of feeling overshadowed by a life-of-the-party who may not even be present.

“Shriver is a master of the misanthrope. . . . [A] viciously smart writer.” —Time

About Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver has published many novels, a collection of essays, and a column in the Spectator since 2017, and her journalism has been featured in publications including Harper’s, the London Times, UnHerd, and The Wall Street Journal, among many others. A multiply best-selling writer and winner of the UK’s Orange Prize, she lives in Portugal and Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer on May 11, 2018

A strange book. It was written (as Shriver tells us in a very confident if not arrogant afterword) well before 9-11 but attracted no interest then due Shriver says to a lack of interest in terrorism. After 9-11 the book's satirical nature (Shriver uses the words "funny" and "playful" but the book is......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on November 07, 2017

My review of this book could be easily summarised by the beginning author's note, revealing this novel was written two decades ago but remained unpublished until this point. Of course this is due to the theme being 'poisonous' at the time, and the 2012 audience, becoming more recpetive. Nothing to d......more

Goodreads review by Britta on June 25, 2016

Only Shriver dares to make fun of terrorism. Originally written in 1998, but unable to find a publisher, Shriver finally got her novel out in 2012 (after the success of We Need to Talk About Kevin). A prescient satire about terrorism and the unholy relation between terrorism and journalists, hilariou......more

Goodreads review by cheryl on February 09, 2012

In progress and generally enjoying despite being offended during an insomnia bout by a former prep school superstar saying "So I tossed it. I didn't apply to Yale or Harvard, but Haverford." --- Updated: Like many, I came to "meet" Shriver in We Need to Talk About Kevin. Enjoyed is an odd word for su......more

Goodreads review by Alex on December 30, 2012

This was one of the more frustrating novels I've read in a long time. I love Shriver's work generally, but this one...just...dragged. For a long time it was one of those dreaded books that sucks the joy out of reading for awhile, simply because you don't look forward to going back to it. Anyway. The......more