We hash out our Big Canadian Feelings about Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Atwood looms large over the Canadian literary landscape, but this foray into science fiction might be her best-known work. We discuss Atwood’s vision of a near future dystopia, praise her writing style, and stumble over some truly awful neologisms.

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