The Post-Birthday World

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Paperback, 517 pages

English language

Published May 14, 2008 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:
978-0-06-118789-6
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OCLC Number:
156818222

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American children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a secure, settled life in London with her smart, loyal, disciplined partner, Lawrence—until the night she finds herself inexplicably drawn to kissing another man, a passionate, extravagant, top-ranked snooker player. Two competing alternate futures hinge on this single kiss, as Irina's decision—to surrender to temptation or to preserve her seemingly safe partnership with Lawrence—will have momentous consequences for her career, her friendships and familial relationships, and the texture of her daily life. --back cover

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reviewed The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

Incredible Feat: A Boring Book About Parallel Universes

Even when I wasn't aware there was a movie out there with the exact same premise, I still didn't quite warm to this book. Like most of Shriver's work (excl Kevin) it's tedious, pretentious, only somewhat entertaining but amounts to a very lacklustre story.

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Subjects

  • Women illustrators -- Fiction.
  • Snooker players -- Fiction.
  • Americans -- England -- London -- Fiction.
  • Mate selection -- Fiction.
  • Married people -- Fiction.