![]() ![]() ![]() (.) The second half of the novel, which surges into the future, following the family as they leave New York and battle to establish themselves in a dramatically reshaped world, is surer-footed." - Alex Preston, Financial Times Dialogue should never be the principal method of conveying the facts of a novel and, while Shriver’s grasp of economics is impressive, I found myself wishing that she’d had the confidence to allow her research to lie lower beneath the surface. (.) It is a shame, though, that so much of the information is doled out to the reader in long expository speeches.
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