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Lionel Shriver, author of The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047

In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless world war that will wipe out the savings of millions of American families. Overnight, on the international currency exchange, the “almighty dollar” plummets in value, to be replaced by a new global currency, the “bancor.” In retaliation, the president declares that America will default on its loans. What little remains to savers is rapidly eaten away by runaway inflation. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies.

Week of June 19, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of June 19th include Paulette Jiles' NEWS OF THE WORLD, a National Book Award finalist about an aging itinerant news reader who, in the aftermath of the Civil War, agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people; THE MANDIBLES, a near-future novel from Lionel Shriver that explores the aftershocks of an economically devastating U.S. sovereign debt default on four generations of a once-prosperous American family; and THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT by Catherine Banner, a sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting island off the coast of Italy.