The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood (UK)

The Heart Goes Last. By Margaret Atwood. Published in 2015 by Bloomsbury, London. First UK Edition. First printing (London). Dust jacket, unclipped. Orange boards. Near fine.

Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic and social collapse. Living in their car, surviving on tips from Charmaine’s job at a dive bar, they’re increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs, and in a rather desperate state. So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience — a ‘social experiment’ offering stable jobs and a home of their own — they sign up immediately. All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month, swapping their home for a prison cell.