Big Brother

　　英國柑橘文學獎小說獎得主、《凱文怎麼了？》作者又一人性力作！
　　他不胖，因為他是我哥哥．．．

　　烹飪對Pandora而言，是愛的一種表現方式，可惜她那手藝精湛的木匠先生Fletcher卻對這些美食敬謝不敏，每天還花上數小時騎單車鍛鍊自我。夫妻倆的平實生活，在Pandora的哥哥Edison住進來之後瞬間翻盤。

　　在妹妹的印象裡，Edison是個風度翩翩、體態精實的紐約爵士鋼琴家，怎知幾年不見，哥哥的體型已經大到她認不出來了？！這些日子裡，Edison究竟發生了什麼事？而隨著胖哥哥寄住的時間越來越長，長到Fletcher忍不住向妻子下出最後通牒：妳要選哥哥還是我？

　　敘事一向不慍不火，卻隱隱蘊藏著驚人爆發力的蘭諾．絲薇佛在《Big Brother》描寫的不僅僅是社會上對肥胖的觀感，同時還以主角個人的角度來看待超重這件事。另一方面也讓讀者試著思考，你願意付出多少來挽救一個親愛的家人？（文／博客來編譯）

　　Big Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin.

 
　　For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed high-end cabinetmaker, now spurns the “toxic” dishes that he’d savored through their courtship, and spends hours each day to manic cycling. Then, when Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she doesn’t recognize him. In the years since they’ve seen one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After Edison has more than overstayed his welcome, Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: It’s him or me.

　　Rich with Shriver’s distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: an issue both social and excruciatingly personal. It asks just how much sacrifice we'll make to save single members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.