Lionel Shriver
One of the best things about working at a book review is being one of the first to know when a favorite author has a new book on the horizon. Today brought that pleasure for me—Lionel Shriver has a March 2 release scheduled with Harper.
Info on So Much for That is scarce (they don’t even have a cover design available yet), but the catalog describes it as “a searing, deeply humane new novel about the tragic costs of the American healthcare system.”
Before you think, ugh, a novel about issues, consider that Shriver has previously taken on such controversial topics as violence in schools, maternal ambivalence and infidelity in her novels, and still managed to make them completely absorbing. Plus, her current status as an expat (she is an American who lives in England) gives her a different perspective on the health care controversy. It also doesn’t hurt that she’s a sharply intelligent writer who won’t pull punches. I have high hopes that this novel will be another winner.
Read our interview with Shriver for The Post-Birthday World.
