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Cover sculpture: Demons of the Intellect (Professing to be Wise, They Became Fools), 1979 (porcelain); Richard Notkin, American sculptor. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio; photograph © Bridgeman Images.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Shriver, Lionel, author.
Title: Mania: a novel / Lionel Shriver.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2024.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023029364 | ISBN 9780063345393 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9780063345416 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3569.H742 M365 2024 | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20240710
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023029364
Digital Edition APRIL 2024 ISBN: 978-0-06-334541-6
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-334539-3