Lionel Shriver takes glee in being a 'mischievous, scandalising provocateur'

By Andrew Purcell
Updated September 5 2016 - 10:08am, first published August 27 2016 - 3:58pm
Lionel Shriver is appearing at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Photo: Mediaxpress
Lionel Shriver is appearing at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Photo: Mediaxpress

The theme of Lionel Shriver's talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas and the Melbourne Writers Festival is "Break a Rule a Day". She'll be responding to questions from Michael Williams, but she already knows what she intends to say: that laws should be adhered to only when they make sense, that verities are meant to be questioned, that dignity and self-respect are the preserve of the sceptic.

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