Margaret Atwood: "Oryx and Crake" (Doubleday)

Margaret Atwood: "Oryx and Crake" (Doubleday)

Acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood explains how she developed the setting of her latest book, which envisions a world devastated by genetic engineering gone wrong and other environmental assaults.

Acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood explains how she developed the setting of her latest book, which envisions a world devastated by genetic engineering gone wrong and other environmental assaults.

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Margaret Atwood

author of more than 40 books of fiction, poetry, and essays. Her internationally bestselling novels include �The Handmaids Tale,a Cat's Eye,� �Alias Grace,� �Oryx & Crake,� and �The Blind Assassin,� which won the 200 Booker Prize.

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