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Margaret Atwood

"What is happening to our world? What can we do to reverse the damage? How long have we got? And, most importantly - what kind of 'we'? In other words, what kind of people might undertake the challenge? Dedicated ones - they'd have to be. And unless you believe our planet is worth saving, why bother?" That's Margaret Atwood on the ideas that inspired her new novel, "The Year of the Flood," in which she sends up most every facet of 21st century life - politics, religion, science and more.

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Margaret Atwood