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The Mandibles A Family, 2029-2047

Lionel Shriver

"A provocative and very funny page-turner..."-- With dry wit and psychological acuity, this near-future novel explores the aftershocks of an economically devastating U.S. sovereign debt default on four generations of a once-prosperous American family. Down-to-earth and perfectly realistic in scale,...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ben Domenech highlighted the book as a witty, entertaining novel that imagines a family navigating a deep financial crisis, likening its tone to the Royal Tenenbaums in dire straits. He described it as dryly witty and enjoyable.

Episode: A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since...

Ben described The Mandibles as a witty, entertaining novel that imagines a family navigating a deep financial crisis.

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Lionel Shriver, also a colleague of mine at The Spectator, has a book that's a couple of years old. A novel called The Mandibles, which is essentially a, imagine the Royal Tenenbaums going through a deep financial crisis and it's very entertaining and dryly witty.

Episode: A Conservative on How His Party Has Changed Since...

Domenech called the novel entertaining and dryly witty, likening its premise to the Royal Tenenbaums facing a deep financial crisis.

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A novel called The Mandibles, which is essentially a, imagine the Royal Tenenbaums going through a deep financial crisis and it's very entertaining and dryly witty.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The book was cited as one of Shriver's social satiats that lampooned the U.S. health‑care and economic system. Maureen Corrigan and the host both referenced it while discussing Shriver’s body of work. The discussion highlighted its satirical take on systemic issues rather than actively recommending it for reading.

Episode: Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel

This novel was mentioned as one of Shriver's social satires that lampooned the U.S. health care and economic system.

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Novels like So Much For That and The Mandibles which lampooned the U.S. health care and economic system.

Episode: Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking

This novel by Lionel Shriver was mentioned as one of her social satires that lampooned the U.S. healthcare and economic system.

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lionel schriver is known for her 2003 breakout novel we need to talk about kevin and the social satires that followed novels like so much for that and the mandibles which lampooned the u.s. healthcare and economic system

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