Agenda: Lionel Shriver (So Much for That) bij het John Adams Institute

Lionel Shriver’s new novel, So Much for That, has just been nominated for the 2010 National Book Award.  Shriver follows a distinctly American tradition of exploring difficult material with elegant language. Her 2003 novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, became a bestseller despite, or perhaps because of, its hard look at the aftermath of a mass killing in a school. Her new novel is about a man whose dream of retiring to an idyllic retreat is destroyed when his wife’s illness forces him to keep his job. The novel is a dark and complex working-out of the consequences of America’s broken health care system. Join us for an evening with one of America’s most thoughtful writers.