{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-flood-1","title":"The Year of the Flood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdam One, the kindly leader of the God’s Gardeners – a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, the preservation of all species, the tending of the Earth, and the cultivation of bees and organic crops on flat rooftops – has long predicted the Waterless Flood. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have avoided it: the young trapeze-dancer, Ren, locked into the high-end sex club, Scales and Tails; and former SecretBurgers meat-slinger turned Gardener, Toby, barricaded into the luxurious AnooYoo Spa, where many of the treatments are edible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHave others survived? Ren’s bioartist friend Amanda, or the MaddAddam eco-fighters? Ren’s one-time teenage lover, Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers, survivors of the mutual-elimination Painball prison? Not to mention the CorpSeCorps, the shadowy and corrupt policing force of the ruling powers…\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, in the natural world, gene-spliced life forms are proliferating: the lion\/lamb blends, the Mo’hair sheep with human hair, the pigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hemp-clad band make their way through a ruined world, singing their devotional hymns and faithful to their creed and to their Saints – Saint Francis Assisi, Saint Rachel Carson, and Saint Al Gore among them – what odds for Ren and Toby, and for the human race?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful and uneasily hilarious, The Year of the Flood is Atwood at her most effective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Know more at their websites: http:\/\/www.theyearoftheflood.com \u0026amp; http:\/\/www.margaretatwood.ca\/\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780747585169\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atwood, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.09","offer_id":47962364543153,"sku":"SB-0747585164-C4","price":1.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0747585164.jpg?v=1790135826","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-year-of-the-flood-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}