description: As the story opens, snowman is sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. In a world in which science-based corporations have recently taken mankind on an uncontrolled genetic-engineering ride, he now searches for supplies in a wasteland.
language: English
title: Oryx And Crake
titlecomplete: Oryx And Crake
characters: Crake, Oryx, Snowman
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Canada, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Audiobook, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 260055
series: MaddAddam
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sunburst Award
category: Canadian Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger
publisher: BBC Audiobooks