Now they are unable to continue living in their former lifestyles and they are willing to go to any length to ensure survival. One family, the Mandibles, are hit particularly hard by the devaluation of American currency, as they were all expecting to inherit an enormous fortune from the family's patriarch. Treasury bonds are now null and void, which results in the bankruptcy of many. Any and all gold now belongs to the government, and owning bancors will result in treason charges. The United States is deliberately excluded from this group, a move that causes President Dante Alvarado to take drastic measures, which include resetting the national debt. The book is set in the United States in 2029 during a debt crisis that results in the collapse of the country's economy and the rise of a supranational currency, bancor, led by a group of countries. It was first published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom in May 2016 through the company's Borough Press imprint and in the United States in June of the same year under their Harper imprint. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 is a 2016 novel by American author Lionel Shriver.
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