The Testaments

Thrilling and blistering * Daily Telegraph *An incredible follow-up * the Sun, Pick of the Week *Gripping, pacy and beautifully written – Justine Jordan * Guardian *Finding hope in a hopeless place, this is everything The Handmaid’s Tale fans wanted and more. Prepare to hold your breath throughout, and to cry real tears at the end. My book of the year – Kayleigh Dray * Stylist *The Testaments is Atwood at her best, in its mixture of generosity, insight and control. The prose is adroit, direct, beautifully turned. All over the reading world, the history books are being opened to the next blank page and Atwood’s name is written at the top of it. To read this book is to feel the world turning – Anne Enright * Guardian *I gobbled it down… Atwood has an incredible intellectual nimbleness that challenges us constantly and poses the question that lies like a pearl inside the shell of this frighteningly readable novel, “Before you sit in judgement, how would you behave in Gilead?” – Allison Pearson * Sunday Telegraph *No one needs another recommendation for The Testaments and still I have to say how thrilling it is when a book manages to exceed all expectations. How did she manage to make darkness feel so effortless? How did she think to inject humour where no humour should exist? Because she’s Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything – Ann PatchettA cracker: urgent, moving and as tense as any thriller… there’s a darkly rebellious humour, ingenious wordplay and, of course, chillingly timely warnings. Atwood is long overdue a Nobel – Hepzibah Anderson * Mail on Sunday *At its heart, this gripping novel is a rallying call for action… In Atwood’s world, resistance is never futile – Mernie Gilmore * Daily Express *The must-read novel of the year – a perfect gift for bookworms and fans of the TV series * Sunday Telegraph *

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays.

Her novels include Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic The Handmaid’s Tale was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions, a selection of essays; Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories; and Book of Lives, her memoir.

Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.