Game Control (P.S.) - Softcover

Shriver, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006123950X ISBN 13: 9780061239502

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to improve the lot of the poor. Unnervingly, she finds herself falling in love with the beguiling Calvin Piper despite, or perhaps because of, his misanthropic theories about population control and the future of the human race. Surely, Calvin whispers seductively in Eleanor's ear, if the poor are a responsibility they are also an imposition.

Set against the vivid backdrop of shambolic modern-day Africa--a continent now primarily populated with wildlife of the two-legged sort--Lionel Shriver's Game Control is a wry, grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would "save" humanity but who don't like people.

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Review:

"Lionel Shriver has written a sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control."--The New Scientist

"One of the best works of fiction about Africa I've ever read."--The New Statesman

One of the best works of fiction about Africa I ve ever read. --The New Statesman"

Lionel Shriver has written a sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control. --The New Scientist"

About the Author:

Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 006123950X
• ISBN 13: 9780061239502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320