Property: A Collection

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The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver

Genius Stylist

Phenomenal Observer

Brilliant The Times
In her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern ages 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.

This landmark publication explores the idea of "property" in both senses of the word: real estate, and stuff. Immensely readable, it showcases the biting insight that has made Lionel Shriver one of the most acclaimed authors of our time.

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Shrivers intellect and talent, her political convictions and her impressive confidence are all on display assertive, frequently funny and altogether satisfying her confident grasp of the material and her natural gifts as a storyteller will keep you in her spell and leave you, at the end, slightly altered persuasive and richly entertaining NEW YORK TIMES

Phenomenal Shriver has the gift for making one instantly curious, entertained, involved and ready to move in no matter what the property OBSERVER

Genius STYLIST

At her best, she takers the familiar and mundane and turns it into something surprising and strange SUNDAY EXPRESS S MAGAZINE

All Shrivers stories are satisfying. I exhaled a little triumphant Ha! at the end of each one Shriver is brilliant THE TIMES

Shriver remains a formidably sharp writer, one of the best we have EVENING STANDARD

Shriver is at her best here, an acerbic comedian, Dickensian in style, whose vibrant characters are best seen in dramatic action and dialogue FINANCIAL TIMES

Whip-smart Crisp, conversational and convincingly true to life, Shrivers stories are a treat DAILY MAIL

A pugnacious, brilliantly articulate, hilarious collection i NEWS

Shriver is the master of the neat twist DAILY EXPRESS

Author Bio

Lionel Shriver's novels include the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian and the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.