Description: "[Written with] energy, inventiveness, and narrative panache. . . . A gripping and visceral book that showcases [Atwood's] pure storytelling talents." -Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "[The Year of the Flood] shows the Nobel Prize-worthy Atwood . . . at the pinnacle of her prodigious creative powers." -Elle "A heart-pounding thriller." -The Washington Post Book World "Leave it to Atwood to find humor in a post-apocalyptic world as she covertly, and brilliantly, addresses questions of how we need to live on an imperiled planet." -Kansas City Star "Atwood is funny and clever, such a good writer and real thinker. . . .The Year of the Floodisn't prophecy, but it is eerily possible."-The New York Times Book Review "Timely and gripping. . . . Atwood tells a good story, one filled with suspense and even levity."-USA Today "Enthralling. . . . Memorable characters, a tightly controlled pace and shockingly plausible scenes make it fly-to a mysterious, skin-prickling ending."-San Francisco Chronicle "Atwood renders this civilization and these two lives within it with tenderness and insight, a healthy dread, and a guarded humor." -O, the Oprah Magazine "Atwood spins the most arresting alternate mythologies to our hell-bent world. . . .The Year of the Floodis a slap-happy romp through the end times. Stuffed with cornball hymns, genetic mutations worth of Thomas Pynchon and a pharmaceutical company run amok, it reads like dystopia verging on satire. She may be imagining a world in flames, but she's doing it with a dark cackle."-The Los Angeles Times "Thought-provoking, beautifully constructed, and rich with the imaginative flourishes for which [Atwood] is rightly famous. . . . A hugely entertaining and satisfying read."-The Irish Independent "Prodigiously imaginative and outrageously funny. . . . Atwood's wit is biting. . . . Her brilliance dazzles."-The Plain Dealer "Heart-pounding, mysterious and surprisingly touching. . . . She enchants us so convincingly that after her spell is over, the 'real'world seems temporarily transformed.The Year of the Floodis both a warning and a gift."-Jane Ciabattari,"Books We Like,"NPR.org "Atwood is a wry wizard at world-building. . . . Fans . . . should grab a biohazard suit, crawl into a hermetically sealed fallout shelter, and dive right in."-The Christian Science Monitor "Funny. . . . Entertaining. . . . You fall into her intensely inventive world and find yourself carried happily along." -Anthony Doerr,OrionMagazine "Atwood scores a 10."-Philadelphia Inquirer "Atwood's latest is a fiercely imagined tale of suffering that rivals Job's. . . . As dark as Atwood's vision may be, the bonds among her women give her work a bittersweet power."-People "Richly imagined. . . . Thought-provoking, unexpectedly funny and utterly original."-The Denver Post "Engrossing and suspenseful." -The New York Review of Books "Riveting. . . . Cunning, droll. . . . The intensity of her apocalyptic fantasy doesn't prevent Atwood from giving free rein to her peppery and inventive humor. . . . So she courts us with her puckish wit, holds us spellbound with suspense, and then confronts us with har

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