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Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood

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Oryx and Crake

Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility. 'In Jimmy, Atwood has created a great character: a tragic-comic artist of the future, part buffoon, part Orpheus. An adman who's a sad man; a jealous lover who's in perpetual mourning; a fantasist who can only remember the past' - Independent 'Gripping and remarkably imagined' - London Review of Books

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Post-apocalyptic fiction guaranteed to enthrall.

A brilliantly written book that immediately ehtralls the reader. Set in a vivid pos-apocalyptic society, the plot reveals how the world slowly a destructive end, highlighting the faults of modern society.

Review by Gary of the Southampton Borders on 2009-01-31 15:40:18

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