In her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern age's most enduring obsessions : property. A woman creates a deeply personal wedding present for her best friend ; a thirty-something son refuses to leave home ; a middle-aged man subjugated by service to his elderly father discovers that the last place you should finally assert yourself is airport security.
In her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern age's most enduring obsessions : property. A woman creates a deeply personal wedding present for her best friend ; a thirty-something son refuses to leave home ; a middle-aged man subjugated by service to his elderly father discovers that the last place you should finally assert yourself is airport security.