Should We Stay or Should We Go - Shriver, Lionel

Hilarious Fiery phrases spit and crackle. Disgust expands and bursts into belly laughs a very funny book Sunday Times 'Thought-provoking, timely, and extremely funny Metro Shriver said that her favourite novels are those that pack both an intellectual and emotional punch. With Should We Stay or Should We Go, shes added triumphantly to their number The Times 'Witty and thought-provoking Womans Weekly 'I think Shrivers novels are wonderful fun, smart and, perhaps because of their authors unconventional political views, unlike anything else youll read Financial TimesEntertaining and poignant Daily Mail 'Very moving Shriver has the magic ability to make the reader invested in the fate fates, I should say of her characters Daily Telegraph 'Wickedly witty Spectator 'Decidedly timely Scotsman 'This sharp-elbowed satire is also a brusquely tender portrait of enduring love Washington Post When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson cant cry. Over ten years, Alzheimers had steadily eroded this erudite man. Surely ones own father passing should never come as such a relief? Both healthy and vital medical professionals in their early fifties, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many of their elderly NHS patients in similar states of decay. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: they should agree to commit suicide together once theyve both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed in 1991, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty. By turns hilarious and touching, playful and grave, Should We Stay or Should We Go portrays twelve parallel universes, each exploring a possible future for Kay and Cyril, from a purgatorial Cuckoos-Nest-style retirement home to the discovery of a cure for ageing, from cryogenic preservation to the unexpected pleasures of dementia. Weaving in a host of contemporary issues Brexit, mass migration, the coronavirus Lionel Shriver has pulled off a rollicking page-turner in which we never have to mourn deceased characters, because theyll be alive and kicking in the very next chapter.

Softcover. English. Borough Press. 2021. ISBN: 9780008458560. 400 pp. Good, name cokied out. Book No: 65206