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Offred, a handmaid, describes life in what was once the United States, now the Republic of Gilead, a repressive and intolerant monotheocracy, in a satirical novel set in the near future.
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their...
Narrated by Alex, the leader of a violent youth gang, in a form of slang invented by the author, this famous satire is set in an alarming future of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism.
Wastelands
Paperback - 2015
The definitive anthology of the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades. Featuring New York Times bestsellers Stephen King, George R.R. Martin and Orson Scott Card, edited by award-winning anthologist John Joseph Adams. ...
This stark novel is set in an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's...