Now Atwood takes us just a few steps into the future in her new novel The Heart Goes Last .
" What should he do to pull them out of this ditch? Whatever he has to.
There used to be a lot of jobs licking ass in the corporate world, but
those asses are now out of reach. Banking's left the region,
manufacturing too; the digital genius outfits have migrated to fatter
pastures in other, more prosperous locations and nations. Service
industries used to be held out as a promise of salvation, but those jobs
too are scarce, at least around here. One of Stan's uncles, dead now,
had been a chef, back when cheffing was a good gig because the top slice
was still living onshore and high-end restaurants were glamorous. But
not today, when those kinds of customers are floating around on tax-free
sea platforms just outside the offshore limit. People that rich take
their own chefs with them."
Really good interview with her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW7LkFZGg6w
*Soon to be on TV!?
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