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I'm on the same page regarding Atwood personally and regarding the choice of The Year of The Flood. I too thought it made no sense to pick the second book of a trilogy. Atwood, and others, claim all three can be read independent of the others. I completely disagree! I also felt that the first (Oryx and Crake) was the best of the three so why not choose that one. As a person I always find Atwood just a little too superior.
I'm a sucker for the competition though because I listen to CBC and my fiction reading is dominated by Canadian authors. We've always had a lot to be proud with our authors and in my opinion they just keep getting better! The winner last year, February by Lisa Moore, was brilliant and I just finished Caught, which was different, but also wonderful.
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