Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 50  books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays including Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and A Handmaid’s Tale. Her latest, The Heart Goes Last, is a funny disturbing tale about a new future in which the lawful are locked up and the lawless roam free.

This edition of The Book Show was recorded at Mount Holyoke College in an event presented by The Odyssey Bookshop.