A matter of life or death: Should We Stay or Shall We Go, by Lionel Shriver, reviewed
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A matter of life or death: Should We Stay or Should We Go, by Lionel Shriver, reviewed
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Review: Should We Stay or Should We Go? by Lionel Shriver FICTION: A couple late in life try to make an exit plan repeatedly.
By Marion Winik, Special to the Star Tribune May 28, 2021 8:37am Text size Copy shortlink:
The new novel from Lionel Shriver, Should We Stay or Should We Go, starts out seeming rather claustrophobic and grim.
In Chapter 1, we meet a British couple named Cyril and Kay Wilkinson, both just past 50, he a doctor, she a nurse. Having just buried Kay s dad at the end of a miserable period of dementia and dependency, they want to spare their three children, the national health system, and themselves similar trials. Cyril suggests a suicide pact. When Kay turns 80, one year after Cyril does, they will off themselves. Neatly, with pills. They ll put their affairs in order and quit while they re ahead.
By Clint
Mar 16, 2021
A man from Farmington, Missouri is a world champion anvil shooter and enjoys blowing them more than 100-feet in the air.
Gay Wilkinson simply puts some black powder between two anvils and ignites with a fuse. Within seconds, the anvil on top shoots up several feet in the sky before slamming back down to the ground.
Why does he do this? Well, he finds it interesting. It s just neat launching something that really wasn t intended to be launched, Wilkinson said.
Check out the video below. it s like the reverse of Wile E. Coyote!
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