The lads marvel at Margaret Atwood’s delicate prose and “lighter than air” narrative, in which sparse poetic writing conveys an alternative future vividly. But is the ending a bit of a deus ex machina, and if so, is that a problem? Or does that serve to reinforce the ideas at the heart of the book? Dukes and Bagg have a spirited but generally glowing read of Atwood’s 1985 masterwork, while Bagg makes a tentative assertion that women might make better post-apocalyptic or dystopian writers than men? You can go ahead and @ him: @christopherbagg on IG.
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