The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver

A wealthy family's fall when the US economy collapses

Good condition – light handling marks to the cover, tanned page edges.

Lionel Shriver's near-future novel imagines an America in 2029 rocked by economic disaster: the dollar collapses, a new global currency called the "bancor" takes over, and the president responds by defaulting on the nation's debts. Caught in the middle are the Mandibles, a once-comfortable family who had been counting on inheriting a fortune from their elderly patriarch. As that inheritance turns worthless, four generations of Mandibles are forced to reckon with real scarcity for the first time, testing their loyalty, selfishness, and resourcefulness. Sharp, darkly funny, and unapologetically opinionated, it's a distinctive piece of speculative fiction that uses one family's unraveling to ask bigger questions about money, security, and what people become under pressure.