The Marigold
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“This impressively bleak vision of the near future is as grotesquely amusing as it is grim.” ― Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
“A gripping tour-de-force torn from tomorrow’s headlines.” ― David Demchuk, author of Red X and The Bone Mother
“A bold dystopian novel that captivates with its dread and depth.…
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1 author picked The Marigold as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved The Marigold as a darkly satirical, yet oddly hopeful dystopian tale about a disparate and desperate clutch of characters (not all of them human) struggling to survive in a near-future version of Toronto, a city in crisis and decay.
I thought the choice of a failing luxury condominium as a central metaphor was an inspired one: compromised in its construction, shored up with human sacrifices, and inhabited by a spreading sentient fungus known as The Wet. I found the book to be funny, scary, suspenseful, and unsettling in all the best ways.
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