THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE ORANGE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OFWE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.
âDistinctly chillingâIndependent
âUnsettling as it is entertainingâFinancial Times
âIt's scaring the hell out of meâ Tracy Chevalier
In this eerily prophetic novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of, a once-wealthy family faces the prospect of ruin. This apocalypse is financial â the dollar is in meltdown, Americaâs national debt far beyond repayment.We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies, but now their inheritance is turned to ash. Each family member must contend with disappointment, but also â as the effects of the downturn start to hit â the challenge of sheer survival.
Recently affluent Avery is petulant that she canât buy olive oil, while her sister Florence is forced to absorb strays into her increasingly cramped household. As their father Carter fumes at having to care for his demented stepmother now that a nursing home is too expensive, his sister Nollie, an expat author, returns from abroad at 73 to a country thatâs unrecognizable.
Perhaps only Florenceâs oddball teenage son Willing, an economics autodidact, can save this formerly august American family from the streetsâŠ
It is 2029.
