LIONEL SHRIVER’S novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About KevinEnjoyably abrasive a compelling read sardonic and elegant Evening StandardScabrously funny few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver Guardian With laugh-out-loud and sad moments, its a pinpoint-sharp novel Woman and HomeA satire on fitness zealotry with a side serving of culture-war intrigue diverting Financial TimesDarkly funny Shriver is so good at making wry observations about human behaviour and this is particularly witty on the dynamics between couples who have been together a long time Good HousekeepingShriver is an exuberant novelist, fertile in ideas, robust in argument and disdainful of economy She writes bold and fearless comedy and delights in slaughtering the sacred cows of the stupid times we live in. Few novelists now raise a laugh. Shriver does so time and again Allan Massie, The ScotsmanMischievous Lionel Shriver takes aim at the narcissistic modern cult of exercise. When Serenatas usually sedentary husband, Remington, takes up exercise and engages an attractive personal trainer called Bambi, the couples lives are turned upside down. The Times Best Books for Summer 2020All her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled but now that shes hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. And her previously sedentary husband Remington chooses this precise moment to discover exercise.As he joins the cult of fitness, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. When he announces his intention to compete in a legendarily gruelling triathlon, Serenata is sure he's going to end up injured or dead but the stubbornness of an ageing man in Lycra is not to be underestimated.The story of an obsession, of a marriage, of a betrayal: The Motion Of The Body Through Space is Lionel Shriver at her hilarious, sharp-eyed, audacious best. From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About KevinEnjoyably abrasive a compelling read sardonic and elegant Evening StandardScabrously funny few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver Guardian Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780007560813
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