Game Control - Couverture rigide

Shriver, Lionel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0571170935 ISBN 13 : 9780571170937

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 1994

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of contemporary Kenya, this novel explores the dynamics of a Western relationship in the Third World, between two people who, on the one hand, believe in love and its self-expression and who, on the other, fear the worst for the future of the human race.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to improve the lot of the poor. Unnervingly, she finds herself falling in love with the beguiling Calvin Piper despite, or perhaps because of, his misanthropic theories about population control and the future of the human race. Surely, Calvin whispers seductively in Eleanor's ear, if the poor are a responsibility they are also an imposition.

Set against the vivid backdrop of shambolic modern-day Africa—a continent now primarily populated with wildlife of the two-legged sort—Lionel Shriver's Game Control is a wry, grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would "save" humanity but who don't like people.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571170935
• ISBN 13: 9780571170937
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible