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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DEATH

CANTANKEROUS, crabby, combative, quarrelsome – Lionel Shriver has been called all these things and more. That’s because if there are feathers to be ruffled or sacred cows to be shot, the bestselling American author is usually only too happy to put her hand up for the job.

But not today. Sitting in the lounge of The Vineyard hotel in Cape Town, the author radiates warmth and good cheer

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