The last time she saw him Edison was of a ‘normal’ size but had now gained hundreds of pounds. Pandora is shocked and horrified when she meets Edison from the airport and he is pushed out by airport staff in a wheelchair due to his huge weight. Edison, a jazz musician, comes to stay with Pandora and her family after not seeing them for four years and having fallen on hard times. Pandora herself has her own very successful company which makes pullstring dolls for adults. Pandora is married to Fletcher a struggling furniture maker and has adopted his two teenage children. Well, this is the story of Pandora and her brother Edison, who happens to be her ‘big’ brother in more than the obvious way. So, what the dickens is Big Brother all about you may ask? However after reading Big Brother I feel like I now need to scoop up everything she has written immediately, if not sooner. I think it’s maybe the dark content and the fact that it’s so widely talked about. I’ve often seen copies of this book on charity shop shelves but have always given it a wide birth without really knowing why. I suppose the most famous one of hers is We Need To Talk About Kevin which of course was also made into a film. This particular book was my first foray into Lionel Shriver.
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