Review: Sex in the world of big brother.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2012
This is the first story in a serial novel.  I love Atwood, although so far, this isn't her best.The setting is a future community which is entirely prison centered. The volunteer inhabitants spend one month as prisoners and alternates one month as guards and support.  The country has sunk to fifty per cent unemployment, and with anomie rampant, this is an attractive alternative.We meet the two couples who share the house, although in alternating months.  This is their promised"meaningful life", but things slip.  The meaningful life is three meals, a shower with more than one cup of water, and a flush toilet.  The question is whether these bounties are worth the close surveillance of the new life This is worth the read, and with this author, I anticipate good character development.