{"product_id":"the-mandibles-lp-a-family-2029-2047","title":"The Mandibles LP: A Family, 2029-2047","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith dry wit and psychological acuity, this \u003cbr\u003e\nnear-future novel explores the aftershocks of an economically \u003cbr\u003e\ndevastating U.S. sovereign debt default on four generations of a \u003cbr\u003e\nonce-prosperous American family. Down-to-earth and perfectly realistic \u003cbr\u003e\nin scale, this is not an over-the-top Blade Runner tale. It is not \u003cbr\u003e\nscience fiction.In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless \u003cbr\u003e\nworld war that will wipe out the savings of millions of American \u003cbr\u003e\nfamilies. Overnight, on the international currency exchange, the \u003cbr\u003e\nalmighty dollar plummets in value, to be replaced by a new global \u003cbr\u003e\ncurrency, the bancor. In retaliation, the president declares that \u003cbr\u003e\nAmerica will default on its loans. Deadbeat Nation being unable to \u003cbr\u003e\nborrow, the government prints money to cover its bills. What little \u003cbr\u003e\nremains to savers is rapidly eaten away by runaway inflation.The \u003cbr\u003e\nMandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when \u003cbr\u003e\ntheir ninety-seven-year-old patriarch dies. Once the inheritance turns \u003cbr\u003e\nto ash, each family member must contend with disappointment, but also as\u003cbr\u003e\n the U.S. economy spirals into dysfunction the challenge of sheer \u003cbr\u003e\nsurvival.Recently affluent, Avery is petulant that she can t buy olive \u003cbr\u003e\noil, while her sister, Florence, absorbs strays into her cramped \u003cbr\u003e\nhousehold. An expat author, their aunt, Nollie, returns from abroad at \u003cbr\u003e\nseventy-three to a country that s unrecognizable. Her brother, Carter, \u003cbr\u003e\nfumes at caring for their demented stepmother, now that an assisted \u003cbr\u003e\nliving facility isn t affordable. Only Florence s oddball teenage son, \u003cbr\u003e\nWilling, an economics autodidact, will save this formerly august \u003cbr\u003e\nAmerican family from the streets.The Mandibles is about money. Thus it \u003cbr\u003e\nis necessarily about bitterness, rivalry, and selfishness but also about\u003cbr\u003e\n surreal generosity, sacrifice, and transformative adaptation to \u003cbr\u003e\nchanging circumstances.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lionel Shriver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213579579452,"sku":"9780062467140","price":1297.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/the-mandibles-lp-a-family-2029-2047-9780062467140.jpg?v=1776713707","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mandibles-lp-a-family-2029-2047","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}