MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood From the origins of democracy

From the origins of democracy to Machiavelli's cunning statecraft

owner Cristiana O'Brian escapes upstairs to discover the strangled body of her servant slumped on her bed-a single orchid by his side

'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea

Here she turns her brilliant eye on novels and poetry from John Donne to Christina Rossetti and Mary Wollstonecraft as well as many others

a housewife falls in love with a younger family friend—her child ascertains her secret many years on

MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood From the origins of democracyThe final volume in the extraordinary speculative fiction trilogy a decade in the making from one of the greatest writers in the English language today. By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace Toby, a survivor of the man made plague that has swept the earth, is telling stories. Stories left over from the old world, and stories that will determine a new one. Listening hard is young Blackbeard, one of the innocent Crakers, the species