Description
This dazzling new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin takes a psychological and deeply human look at love and volition
Does the course of life hinge on a single kiss? Whether the American expatriate Irena McGovern does or doesn't lean into a certain pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her smart, disciplined, intellectual American partner Lawrence, or runs off with Ramsey--a wild, exuberant British snooker star the couple has known for years. Employing a parallel-universe structure, Shriver follows Irena's life as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men. In a tour de force that, remarkably, has no villains, Shriver explores the implications, both large and small, of our choice of mate--a subject of timeless, universal fascination for both sexes.
Author: Lionel Shriver
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/26/2008
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.72w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9780061187896
ISBN10: 0061187895
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | Marriage & Divorce
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Literary