Atwood has created something reminiscent of Shakespeare's late comedies her wit and dark humour combine with a compassionate tenderness towards struggling human beings.
This final volume deploys its author's trademark cool, omniscient satire, but adds to that a real sense of engagement with a fallen world. MaddAddam is ultimately a paean to the enduring powers of myth and story, and like the sharpest futuristic visions, it's really all about the here and now * Daily Mail * There are few writers able to create a world so fiercely engaging, so funny, so teeming - ironically - with life. This finale to Atwood's ingenious trilogy lights a fire from the fears of our age, then douses it with hope for the planet's survival * New York Times * Atwood's prose miraculously balances humor, outrage and beauty. great fun * Guardian *Ītwood has brought the previous two books together in a fitting and joyous conclusion. MaddAddam is an extraordinary achievement * Independent on Sunday *Ī fierce, learned intelligence. A fitting conclusion to a genre-defying series * Mail on Sunday * vivid wit and essential humanity make MaddAddam an invigorating read. Mordant satire, deadpan wit and verbal brio sizzle through this concluding book in Atwood's global disaster trilogy * Sunday Times *
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