Atwood, Margaret

The Heart Goes Last [FIRST EDITION]

New York: Nan A. Talese, 2015.

First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xii, 308pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In the gated community of Consilience, residents who sign a contract will get a job and a lovely house for six months of the year—if they serve as inmates in the Positron prison system for the alternate months…

Stan and Charmaine, a young urban couple, have been hit by job loss and bankruptcy in the midst of nationwide economic collapse. Forced to live in their third-hand Honda, where they are vulnerable to roving gangs, they think the gated community of Consilience may be the answer to their prayers. At first, this seems worth it: they will have a roof over their heads and food on the table. But when a series of troubling events unfolds, Positron begins to look less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled. The Heart Goes Last is a vivid, urgent vision of development and decay, freedom and surveillance, struggle and hope—and the timeless workings of the human heart.(Publisher). Very good + / Very good +. Item #8218
ISBN: 9780385540353

Price: $25.00