Margaret Atwoodprojects us into a less-than-brave new world, an outlandish yet wholly believable space populated by a cast of memorable characters.The narrator isSnowman. As the story begins, he's sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his belovedOryx& best friendCrake, & slowly starving to death. Earlier, his life was one of comparative privilege, living with all the other smart, rich people in the gated company towns owned by biotech corporations. (Ordinary folks are kept outside in the chaotic 'pleeblands'.) How did everything fall apart so quickly? Was he himself in any way responsible?"Environmental unconcern, genetic engineering, & bioterrorism have created the hollowed-out, haunted future world ofAtwood’singenious & disturbing 11th novel... A landmark work of speculative fiction, comparable toA Clockwork Orange,Brave New World, &RussianrevolutionaryZamyatin’sWe.Atwoodhas surpassed herself." —Kirkus ReviewsMargaret Atwoodis the world-renowned author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry & critical essays. The multi-award-winning author has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright & puppeteer. Her novels includeCat’s Eye,The Robber Bride,Alias Grace,The Blind Assassin& theMaddAddamtrilogy. Her 1985 classic,The Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in2019by a sequel,The Testaments, which won theBooker Prize.She has also been shortlisted for TheMan Booker International Prize2005 & 2007 for her entire body of work.