A Better Life by Lionel Shriver — We need to talk (and talk) about immigration
当非法移民住进我家：一部小说的道德战场

A wry portrait of intergenerational tensions curdles into a polemic about virtue signalling and liberal border policies
布鲁克林，离异母亲收留了一名洪都拉斯寻求庇护者，家中懒汉儿子顿感领地被侵。莱昂内尔·施莱弗的新作从一个有趣的家庭冲突出发，却逐渐滑向对自由派边境政策与道德表演的尖锐讨伐。当讽刺变成说教，小说还能否自洽？