The beloved author ofThe Handmaid’s Talereimagines Shakespeare’s final, great play,The Tempest, in a gripping and emotionally rich novel of passion and revenge.“A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that’s utterly heartbreaking yet pierced by humour, with a plot that retains considerable subtlety even as the original’s back story falls neatly into place.”-The New York Times Book ReviewFelix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan.Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?“What makes the book thrilling, and hugely pleasurable, is how closely Atwood hews to Shakespeare even as she casts her own potent charms, rap-composition included... Part Shakespeare, part Atwood, Hag-Seed is a most delicate monster - and that’s ‘delicate’ in the 17th-century sense. It’s delightful.”-The Boston GlobeMargaret Atwood’snovel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, retribution, and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.Longlisted for the 2017 Women's Prize For Fiction