A book for the beach: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

One man's struggle to make sense of the dystopian world he has helped create offers a compelling escape of a kind

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I like a bit of dystopian fiction with my sunshine and sangria. As such I couldn't have asked for a more perfect companion on a recent trip to a welcoming, sunkissed Barcelona than Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. The opening scenes introducing the central character Snowman, a lonely figure isolated on the sandy and possibly toxic shores of human civilisation, gave a very different edge to the packed Barceloneta beach under my feet.

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