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Abominations : selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction / Lionel Shriver.

Abominations : selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction / Lionel Shriver.
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814.6 SHRI
Adult Non Fiction   Lakemba . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780008458621
Name Shriver, Lionel author.
Title Abominations : selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction / Lionel Shriver.
Published London : The Borough Press, 2022.
©2022
Description 286 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary Novelist, cultural observer and social satirist Lionel Shriver is among the sharpest talents of our age. A writer who embraces 'under-expressed, unpopular or downright dangerous' points of view, she regularly deplores the conformity of thought and attitude that has overtaken society. Bringing together thirty-five works curated from her many columns, features, essays and op-eds for the likes of the Spectator and Guardian, speeches and reviews, and some unpublished pieces, Abominations reveals Shriver at her most iconoclastic and personal. Relentlessly sceptical, cutting and contrarian but also frequently moving and vulnerable, this collection showcases her piquant opinions on a wide range of topics, including religion, politics, illness, mortality, family and friends, tennis, gender, immigration, consumerism, health care and taxes. Though some of the more divisive essays in Abominations have 'brought hell and damnation down on my head,' as she cheerfully explains, she also offers insights on her novels and explores the perks and pitfalls of becoming a successful artist. Readers will find plenty to challenge them here, but they may also find many nuanced and considered insights with which they agree.
Subjects Shriver, Lionel
Women authors, American
American essays -- 21st century
Genre Essays
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