{"product_id":"9780061187896-the-post-birthday-world-a-novel","title":"Shriver Lionel - The Post - Birthday World A Novel - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Complex and nervy Shriver's clever meditation will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered how things might have turned out had they followed or ignored a life - changing impulse. People (Critic's Choice) This dazzling novel from the Orange Prize winning author of the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin takes a psychological and deeply human look at love and volition Does the course of life hinge on a single kiss? Whether the American expatriate Irena Mc Govern does or doesn t lean into a certain pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her smart disciplined intellectual American partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey a wild exuberant British snooker star the couple has known for years. Employing a parallel - universe structure Shriver follows Irena's life as it unfolds under the influence of two drastically different men. In a tour de force that remarkably has no villains Shriver explores the implications both large and small of our choice of mate a subject of timeless universal fascination for both sexes.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Post - Birthday World A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Shriver Lionel\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780061187896\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 544 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shriver Lionel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49589714616625,"sku":"IN-G-9780061187896","price":15.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780061187896-the-post-birthday-world-a-novel","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}