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17. Referendum on Barban Independence Scheduled for April
Front Page, by Barba Correspondent TOBIAS FALCONER. In a move Portugal’s prime minister insists is not designed to capitulate to SOB violence, the Lisbon government set the date yesterday for . . .
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18. Barban Referendum is Hobson’s Choice
Op-Ed. Former Reuters Barba Bureau Chief WINSTON R. PYRE argues that the SOB has Barba over a barrel. “Presented the stark option to vote for ‘peace’ or ‘bloodshed’, I’d feel sufficiently blackmailed to choose the latter . . .
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19. It’s YES!
Cover Story by REINHOLD GLÜCK, Full Photo Essay by TRUDY SISSON. Barban Peace Referendum Passes by Resounding 91%. Wearing red carnations to symbolize sacrifice, Barbans dance in the streets to celebrate their independence from both Portugal and years of gruesome . . .
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20. “FREE AT LAST: HOW WE WON OUR FIGHT FOR LIBERTY”
Commencement address for Harvard University by Dr. Tomás Verdade, President of the Republic of Barba.
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Acknowledgments
WITH SPECIAL THANKS to Jonathan Burnham and Katie Espiner, who in relation to this manuscript displayed vision, intellectual independence, and appreciation for a boy-book written by a girl. You are both a joy to work with.
About the Author
Lionel Shriver’s novels include the National Book Award Finalist So Much for That, the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, which won the 2005 Orange Prize and has been adapted for a feature film. Earlier books include Double Fault, A Perfectly Good Family, and Checker and the Derailleurs. Her novels have been translated into twenty-six different languages. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Double Fault
A Perfectly Good Family
Game Control
Ordinary Decent Criminals
Checker and the Derailleurs
The Female of the Species
Copyright
THE NEW REPUBLIC. Copyright © 2012 by Lionel Shriver. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shriver, Lionel.
The new republic : a novel / Lionel Shriver.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-06-210332-1 (hardcover) 1. Terrorism—Fiction. 2. Portugal—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.H742N49 2012
813'.54—dc23
2011028526
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EPub Edition © MARCH 2012 ISBN: 9780062103345
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