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Atwood's latest is a remarkable parable of a world ruined by corporate tyranny, reckless technology, casual violence, and utter disdain for the natural order

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  • The Year of the Flood: A Novel
    Atwood's latest is a remarkable parable of a world ruined by corporate tyranny, reckless technology, casual violence, and utter disdain for the natural order
  • Hell: A Novel
    In this comic novel set in the underworld, Butler swings for the fences but creates little more than a breeze

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