âHilarious⌠Fiery phrases spit and crackle. Disgust expands and bursts into belly laughs⌠a very funny bookâSunday Times
MetroâThought-provoking, timely, and extremely funnyâ
The TimesâShriver said that her favourite novels are those that pack both an intellectual and emotional punch. With , sheâs added triumphantly to their numberâShould We Stay or Should We Go
Womanâs WeeklyâWitty and thought-provokingâ
Financial TimesâI think Shriverâs novels are wonderful⌠fun, smart and, perhaps because of their authorâs unconventional political views, unlike anything else youâll readâ
Daily MailâEntertaining and poignantâ
âVery moving⌠Shriver has the magic ability to make the reader invested in the fate â fates, I should say â of her charactersâDaily Telegraph
âWickedly wittyâSpectator
âDecidedly timelyâScotsman
Washington PostâThis sharp-elbowed satire is also a brusquely tender portrait of enduring loveâ
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Determined to die with dignity, Kay and her husband Cyril â both healthy and vital medical professionals in their early fifties â make a pact: to commit suicide together once theyâve both turned eighty.
A lot can change in thirty years, howeverâŚ
By turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril. Do they honour their agreement? And if not, will they live to regret it?Should We Stay or Should We Go
Irish IndependentâSome books become so popular that the lucky author can thereafter churn out any old cobblers, confident in the knowledge that it will be published and find an audience. Lionel Shriver never took that easy routeâ
A best fiction book of 2021 forThe Times