＊《紐約時報》暢銷文學小說第11名！
＊《娛樂周報》（Entertainment Weekly）暢銷文學小說第8名！
以《凱文怎麼了？》（《We Need to Talk About Kevin》）一書榮獲2005年英國橘子獎文學獎的文學小說家Lionel Shriver，花了近二年的時間，撰寫完成其最新力作《The Post-Birthday World》是描述一位女人的未來如何受到過去生活所牽制。
Children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet and settled life in London with her partner, fellow American expatriate Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual at a prestigious think tank. To their small circle of friends, their relationship is rock solid. Until the night Irina unaccountably finds herself dying to kiss another man: their old friend from South London, the stylish, extravagant, passionate top-ranking snooker player Ramsey Acton. The decision to give in to temptation will have consequences for her career, her relationships with family and friends, and perhaps most importantly the texture of her daily life.
Hinging on a single kiss, this enchanting work of fiction depicts Irina's alternating futures with two men temperamentally worlds apart yet equally honorable. With which true love Irina is better off is neither obvious nor easy to determine, but Shriver's exploration of the two destinies is memorable and gripping. Poignant and deeply honest, written with the subtlety and wit that are the hallmarks of Shriver's work, The Post-Birthday World appeals to the what-if in us all.

 

Lionel Shriver，曾為《經濟學人》、《華爾街日報》、《費城詢問報》及其他出版刊物撰稿。著有《Double Fault》、《A Perfectly Good Family》、《Game Control》、《The Bleeding Heart》、《Checker and the Derailleurs》和《The Female of the Species》等，因她的小說內容深具爆發力且發人深省，擄獲許多讀者的青睞。她的上一本著作《凱文怎麼了？》榮獲2005年英國柑橘文學獎小說獎，瞬時將她推向更高地位的文學小說家。她的最新力作《The Post-Birthday World》甫出版，立即擠進暢銷排行榜之列。她目前居住在倫敦和紐約。