MaddAddam

MaddAddam (2013) is the conclusion to Margaret Atwood's trilogy and charts the immediate aftermath of the pandemic. The surviving characters from the two preceding novels band together and forge a makeshift fortification against external threats. The primary threat comes from the Painballers, dehumanized survivors of a corporate gladiatorial prison system who have been preying on the group. Toby emerges as the community's chronicler, translating human history into myth for the Crakers. She records the backstory of Zeb, whose account fills in the origins of the MaddAddam resistance network and the corporate conspiracies that set the catastrophe in motion. The novel is as much about the mechanics of storytelling and myth-making as it is about survival: Toby's narrations for the Crakers gradually take on a life of their own, as the Crakers begin to incorporate her improvisations into their own cosmology. It is a quieter, more reflective close to the trilogy than the more apocalyptic first two books, concerned with what a post-human community might actually look like in practice.

Signed copy. True Canadian first edition, published by McClelland & Stewart, preceding the American edition. Signed by Atwood on the title page.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2013. ISBN: 9780771008467. #10540.
Fine in fine dust jacket.