These wise & witty writings home in on Shakespeare tree stumps ecological disasters bodies (male & female) & theology amongst other matters. We hear Gertrudes version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister & a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves & 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 Atwoods sensuous & sardonic talents TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT