{"product_id":"the-power-9780670919963","title":"The Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR TV SERIES WITH PRIME VIDEO\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Electrifying'' \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A big, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they''ve lost control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Day of the Girls has arrived - but where will it end?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e----------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid''s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I loved it; it was visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent . . . The story has stayed with me since''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Stylist, The Decade''s 15 Best Books by Remarkable Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb. Insightful, thrilling, funny. Well-crafted, compelling, serious-minded'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fascinating, ingenious, rattles with a furious pace. Deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Irresistible. Holds a mirror up to the here and now''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Chilling, thrilling, a blast''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElectrifying -- Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003eA big, brash, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way. Ingenious . . . deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man) * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's magnificent.\u003c\/b\u003e I'm agog. Really, I'm several gogs. So smart and scary and sad but true -- Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e for the \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e generation\u003c\/b\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stone cold genius\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/b\u003e * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power \u003c\/i\u003eis a subtly funny, lyrical and utterly subversive vision of an impossible future\u003c\/b\u003e. As all the best visionaries do, Alderman shines a penetrating and yet merciful light on to our present and the so many cruelties in which we may be complicit -- A. L. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectrifying! Shocking! Will knock your socks off! Then you'll think twice, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eabout everything\u003c\/b\u003e -- Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea fascinating look at what the world might be like if millennia of sexism went the other way\u003c\/b\u003e...as a whole the narrative feels ingenious...\u003cb\u003edeserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA feminist science-fiction story that's about to make waves\u003c\/b\u003e * Red *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoy Margaret Atwood's dystopian fiction, this strong, substantial novel is for you\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eAlderman is \u003cb\u003ea fluent and powerful writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThought-provoking novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Glamour *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen we say that The Power is profoundly disturbing and you may well want to argue with it as you read, we mean that in a good way\u003c\/b\u003e * SFX, Five Stars *\u003cbr\u003eI loved it; it was\u003cb\u003e visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent \u003c\/b\u003e. . . The story has stayed with me since * Stylist, the decade's 15 best books by remarkable women *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs awesome as it is compulsive\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat, 5 stars *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat starts out as a fantasy of female empowerment deepens and darkens into an interrogation of power itself, its uses and abuses and what it does to the people who have it\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA raw, gutsy slice of speculative dystopia\u003c\/b\u003e * Metro *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike the best science fiction, this dystopian feminist fantasy holds up a mirror to the here and now\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping read and a reminder of the true joy of a truly engaging story\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrenetic sci-fi novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi's super-charged, subversive novel....forcing you to rethink everything\u003c\/b\u003e * Psychologies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of my favourite books of 2016 - clever, harrowing and thought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paula Hawkins, best-selling author of The Girl on the Train\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectrifying \u003c\/b\u003e -- Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's a feminist dystopian page-turner of a thriller and I'm IN LOVE with it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003eThis year's Baileys winner is simultaneously a high-concept thought experiment and a rollercoaster, action packed read * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e by Naomi Alderman is the feminist flipside to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHandmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, asking what happens when women are suddenly the stronger sex * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eAn enthrallingly told Cassandra-like prophecy from the ever-inventive Naomi Alderman * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis book sparks with such electric satire that you should read it wearing insulated gloves * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e is at once as streamlined as a 90-minute action film and as weirdly resonant as one of Atwood's own early fictions * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eIn this fierce and unsettling novel, the ability to generate a dangerous electrical force from their bodies lets women take control, resulting in a vast, systemic upheaval of gender dynamics across the globe * New York Times Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a riveting story, told in fittingly electric language, that explores how power corrupts everyone: those new to it and those resisting its loss'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735965315415,"sku":"9780670919963","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780670919963.jpg?v=1723810416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-power-9780670919963","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}