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The Pesthouse by Jim Crace (view source)
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|pages=320
|publisher=Picador
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[[Category:Dystopian Fiction]]
|name=Magda
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|comment= So you don't mind s-f after all, if literary, do you?
But what is so hopeful then in this book? With "Bands of rustlers roam the land, taking slaves for labour. Strange religious fundamentalists reject all relics of the past."?
I also see the handymaids, btw, and increasingly feel that it will be bloody well deserved.
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|name=Jill
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|comment= It's a kinda phoenix from the ashes thing. Awkward to explain without spoilers! I like almost anything literary for one reason or another, yes. I just don't like genre SF I guess. I rather like the whole backward future idea too. However much I liked this book though - and I absolutely loved it - I didn't believe in its message one bit.
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