{"product_id":"9780008658670","title":"Mania","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shriver, Lionel \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 April 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e242 x 161 x 27 | 490g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely  I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViciously funny an exhilarating satire THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  What if calling someone stupid was illegal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exams and grades are all discarded, and smart phones are rebranded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word and encouraged to report parents for using it. You don't need a qualification to be a doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory  who has built her career riding the tide of popular thought  makes increasingly hard-line statements while, for her part, Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As their friendship fractures, Pearson's determination to cling onto the 'old, bigoted way of thinking' begins to endanger her job, her safety and even her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lionel Shriver turns her piercing gaze on the policing of opinion and intellect, and imagines a world in which intellectual meritocracy is heresy. Hilarious, deadpan, scathing and at times frighteningly plausible, MANIA will delight the many fans of her fiction and journalism alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779406291184,"sku":"9780008658670","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008658670_a6098c53-d1f9-484b-ba95-71fd0e1062e0.jpg?v=1713455400","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780008658670","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}