
By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace These wise & witty writings home in on Shakespeare tree stumps ecological disasters bodies (male & female) & theology amongst other matters We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister & a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselvesand a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong Good Bones is pure distilled Atwood
- deliciously strong & bittersweet'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous & sardonic talents' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT