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'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE Viciously funny an exhilarating satire' THE TIMES What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Exams and grades are all discarded, and smart phones are rebranded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word and encouraged to report parents for using it. You don't need a qualification to be a doctor. Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory who has built her career riding the tide of popular th

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    A Paperback by Lionel Shriver

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: 3/27/2025
      ISBN13: 9780008658717, 978-0008658717
      ISBN10: 0008658714

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      'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE Viciously funny an exhilarating satire' THE TIMES What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Exams and grades are all discarded, and smart phones are rebranded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word and encouraged to report parents for using it. You don't need a qualification to be a doctor. Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory who has built her career riding the tide of popular th

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