Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last, Bloomsbury $32.99 (December 2015)
Lucky for us, Margaret Atwood is still turning them out. Fifty-five publications to date: fiction, poetry, essays and children’s books. I have always enjoyed the work of this Canadian author, especially her futuristic stories such as The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake.
The Heart Goes Last tells a similar story of an horrific future age of economic collapse and high tech solutions. For some it is a life of poverty and crime while … Read more »
Pat Barker, Noonday, Hamish Hamilton, $32.99 (November 2015)
Noonday completes the story of Elinor Brooke, Paul Tarrant and Kit Neville, the two previous novels being Life Class and Toby’s Room. It is the first time that Pat Barker has written about the Second World War, her Booker Prize winners being set in the period of the First World War (The Regeneration Trilogy). She places the three friends, who had been together in the Slade School of Art in their youth, … Read more »
The Heart Goes Last
/in Books, Fiction /by Darryl ButlerMargaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last, Bloomsbury $32.99 (December 2015)
The Heart Goes Last tells a similar story of an horrific future age of economic collapse and high tech solutions. For some it is a life of poverty and crime while … Read more »
Noonday
/in Books, Fiction /by Darryl ButlerPat Barker, Noonday, Hamish Hamilton, $32.99 (November 2015)