The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood – a manmade plague – has ended the world.
But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there?
- ‘A tour de force . . . as pacy as a thriller . . . laced with Atwood’s dry wit, and her savage, credible invention’ Erica Wagner, The Times
- ‘A gripping and visceral book that showcases her pure storytelling talents with energy, inventiveness and narrative panache’ Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Paperback:
£7.99
Published 29/07/2010
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