The New Republic (P.S.) - Softcover

Shriver, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062103334 ISBN 13: 9780062103338

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2013

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

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Review:

"A very funny book, but the laughs are embedded in a deeply disturbing subject."--NPR, "Weekend Edition"

"Part "Scoop", part "Our Man in Havana" and part Len Deighton thriller, Shriver's novel is not just about terrorism but also about journalism and the nature of charisma. . . . Shriver's Barba is a wonderful creation."--"Financial Times"

"Part "Scoop," part "Our Man in Havana" and part Len Deighton thriller, Shriver's novel is not just about terrorism but also about journalism and the nature of charisma. . . . Shriver's Barba is a wonderful creation."--"Financial Times"

[Shriver s] whip-smart observations about relationships, the role of the media, the cult of personality are funny and on the mark. --"People""

In her latest novel, Lionel Shriver pays homage to Joseph Conrad examining terrorism, media bloodlust, and the cult of personality through an unexpected lens of satire. --"Marie Claire," Four New Page-Turners to Keep Bedside"

A very funny book, but the laughs are embedded in a deeply disturbing subject. --NPR, "Weekend Edition"

Shriver is cursed with knowing the human animal all too well. "The New Republic" is satire of a Shriver kind, that is to say biting. --"Miami Herald""

Lionel Shriver, the author of the harrowing and patient "We Need to Talk About Kevin," delivers something altogether different: a callous and romping political and journalistic satire. --"The Daily Beast"-- This Week's Hot Reads"

Shriver is one of the sharpest talents around. --"USA Today""

Witty, caustic and worldly, [Shriver] is a raconteur who could show even Barrington Saddler a thing or two about entertaining a crowd. --"Wall Street Journal""

From the Back Cover:

Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. When he leaves his lucrative law career for a foreign correspondent post in a Portuguese backwater with a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes Barrington Saddler, the disappeared reporter he's replacing, as the larger-than-life character he longs to emulate. Yet all is not as it appears. Os Soldados Ousados de Barba--"The Daring Soldiers of Barba" --have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal and backward that you couldn't give the rathole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do incidents claimed by the "SOB" suddenly dry up? A droll, playful novel, The New Republic addresses terrorism with a deft, tongue-in- cheek touch while also pressing a more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug?

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062103334
• ISBN 13: 9780062103338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416