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Lionel Shriver: Full session

The author talks to George Alagiah about her new novel, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029 - 2047, dealing with an extreme fiscal crisis that hits a near-future America.

As well as reading from the book that deals with a crumbling American society, Shriver discusses how implausible a literary character Donald Trump would make, We Need to Talk About Kevin and her feelings on children, and the NHS.

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1 hour, 1 minute

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