There’s a certain thrill that comes with holding a new Margaret Atwood in your hands. Queen of the dystopian tale, her latest novel explores a plausible near-future set in a world post economic collapse.
Charmaine and Stan are living out of their car, surviving on tips and evading violent gangs, when they see an advert for a social experiment offering jobs and a comfortable home in return for spending every second month in prison, working. At first it seems manageable, but as their personal liberties are eroded and the work becomes increasingly dubious, they wonder what price they’ve paid for their new life.
Unlike other Atwood novels, this has at its heart a darkly comic undertone as events spiral into the bizarre and ever more unpredictable.
