"And of course that means that the value of the dollar starts to slide. "Nobody wants to give you money if you're not going to pay it back," she says, so the government has had to print more money to cover its obligations. It's a dystopia with a side of economic theory.Īuthor Lionel Shriver tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer that in the world of 2029, the U.S. They plummet from the relative luxuries of the upper middle class to a small Brooklyn townhouse where four generations of the family must crouch together, enduring a life of hardship, drudgery, and eventually, violence. The Mandible family loses their fortune after the 2029 crash. and Mexico is meant to keep impoverished Americans north of the border. economy has tanked, the dollar is worthless, inflation is rampant - and the wall between the U.S. Lionel Shriver's new novel, The Mandibles, chronicles the pressure on a once well-to-do family as they try to survive in the uncertain future. How?įor the last couple of months, we've brought you our series, Hanging On, about the increasing pressure on the middle class in 2016. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Mandibles Subtitle A Family, 2029-2047 Author Lionel Shriver
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