false 708267 7 <p> Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to improve the lot of the poor. Unnervingly, she finds herself falling in love with the beguiling Calvin Piper despite, or perhaps because of, his misanthropic theories about population control and the future of the human race. Surely, Calvin whispers seductively in Eleanor's ear, if the poor are a responsibility they are also an imposition. </p> <p> Set against the vivid backdrop of shambolic modern-day Africa&#8212;a continent now primarily populated with wildlife of the two-legged sort&#8212;Lionel Shriver's <i>Game Control</i> is a wry, grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would "save" humanity but who don't like people. </p> 280048 1994 Game Control: A Novel (P.S.) total:46|5:7|4:14|3:16|2:8|1:1| 46 156 82 16 708267 006123950X 9780061239502 45 15 3.39 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/708267.Game_Control_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:46:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:09:10 -0700 2009
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