{"product_id":"the-new-republic-9780062103338","title":"The New Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Shriver is an incisive social satirist with a clear grip on the ironies of our contemporary age . . . [Her] take on journalism and international politics is wry, insightful and just over the top enough to be fun.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Lionel Shriver probes the mystery of charisma in a razor-sharp novel that teases out the intimate relationship between terrorism and cults of personality, explores what makes certain people so magnetic, and reveals the deep frustrations of feeling overshadowed by a life-of-the-party who may not even be present\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOstracized as a kid, Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. A disgruntled New York corporate lawyer, he's more than ready to leave his lucrative career for the excitement and uncertainty of journalism. When he's offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater that has sprouted a homegrown terrorist movement, Edgar recognizes the disappeared larger-than-life reporter he's been sent to replace, Barrington Saddler, as exactly the outsize character he longs to emulate. Infuriatingly, all his fellow journalists cannot stop talking about their beloved \"Bear,\" who is no longer lighting up their work lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet all is not as it appears. \u003cem\u003eOs Soldados Ousados de Barba\u003c\/em\u003e--\"The Daring Soldiers of Barba\"--have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for a province so dismal, backward, and windblown that you couldn't give the rat hole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do terrorist incidents claimed by the \"SOB\" suddenly dry up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA droll, playful novel, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e addresses weighty issues like terrorism with the deft, tongue-in-cheek touch that is vintage Shriver. It also presses the more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug? What's their secret? And in the end, who has the better life--the admired, or the admirer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lionel Shriver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062103338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShriver, Lionel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLionel Shriver\u003c\/strong\u003e has published many novels, a collection of essays, and a column in the \u003cem\u003eSpectator \u003c\/em\u003esince 2017, and her journalism has been featured in publications including\u003cem\u003e Harper's, \u003c\/em\u003ethe London\u003cem\u003e Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnHerd\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, among many others. A multiply best-selling writer and winner of the UK's Orange Prize, she lives in Portugal and Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44907018551411,"sku":"9780062103338","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d9330c55-aad2-4aaa-8894-42ec8b357d5d.jpg?v=1777482186","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-new-republic-9780062103338","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}