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LEADER: 02549cam a2200289 i 4500
001 2013431179
003 DLC
005 20130913085240.0
008 130909s2013 nyu d 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013431179
020 $a9780804121095 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 10 $aPR9199.3.A8$bM34 2013b
082 00 $a813/.54$223
100 1 $aAtwood, Margaret,$d1939-
245 10 $aMaddAddam :$ba novel /$cMargaret Atwood.
250 $aFirst large print edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bRandom House Large Print,$c[2013]
300 $axx, 566 pages (large print) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Bringing together characters from Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy confirms the ultimate endurance of humanity, community, and love. Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which is being fortified against man and giant Pigoon alike. Accompanying them are the Crakers, the gentle, quasihuman species engineered by the brilliant but deceased Crake. While their reluctant prophet, Jimmy--Crake's one-time friend--recovers from a debilitating fever, it's left to Toby to narrate the Craker theology, with Crake as Creator. She must also deal with cultural misunderstandings, terrible coffee, and her jealousy over her lover, Zeb. Meanwhile, Zeb searches for Adam One, founder of the God's Gardeners, the pacifist green religion from which Zeb broke years ago to lead the MaddAddamites in active resistance against the destructive CorpSeCorps. Now, under threat of an imminent Painballer attack, the MaddAddamites must fight back with the aid of their newfound allies, some of whom have four trotters. At the center is the extraordinary story of Zeb's past, which involves a lost brother, a hidden murder, a bear, and a bizarre act of revenge. Combining adventure, humor, romance, superb storytelling, and an imagination that is at once dazzlingly inventive and grounded in a recognizable world, MaddAddam is vintage Margaret Atwood, and a moving and dramatic conclusion to her internationally celebrated dystopian trilogy"--$cProvided by publisher.
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aAdventure fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aHumorous fiction.$2gsafd