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    THE BLIND ASSASSIN

    SEPT. 1, 2000

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    ORYX AND CRAKE

    MAY 6, 2003

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ORYX AND CRAKE

by Margaret Atwood

A landmark work of speculative fiction, comparable to A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, and Russian revolutionary... Full review >

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    MORAL DISORDER

    SEPT. 19, 2006

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MORAL DISORDER

by Margaret Atwood

Crisp prose, vivid detail and imagery and a rich awareness of the unity of human generations, people and animals, and Nell’s... Full review >

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    THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD

    SEPT. 22, 2009

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THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD

by Margaret Atwood

Another stimulating dystopia from this always-provocative author, whose complex, deeply involving characters inhabit a... Full review >

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    THE HANDMAID'S TALE

    FEB. 17, 1985

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THE HANDMAID'S TALE

by Margaret Atwood

Tinny perhaps, but still a minutely rendered and impressively steady feminist vision of apocalypse. Full review >

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    THE TENT

    JAN. 10, 2006

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THE TENT

by Margaret Atwood

If Atwood’s name weren’t attached, no publisher would bother putting this trivia between book covers. Full review >

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    CAT'S EYE

    FEB. 17, 1988

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CAT'S EYE

by Margaret Atwood

All the better Atwood trademarks are here—wry humor, unforgiving detailed observation, a tart prose style—and likely to... Full review >

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