Shakespeare's The Tempest gets the Margaret Atwood treatment in this ingenious funny
tear-jerking story about loss revenge and remaking oneself through art. Felix is at the top
of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have
amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other. It will boost his reputation.
It will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead after an act of unforeseen
treachery Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel haunted by memories of his beloved
lost daughter Miranda. Also brewing revenge. After twelve years revenge finally arrives in
the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here Felix and his inmate actors will put on
his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It's magic! But will it remake Felix as
his enemies fall? 'Surpassingly brilliant' The Times 'Riotous insanely readable and just
the best fun...' Observer **LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017**
SHAKESPEARE RETOLD: Time travel. Zombies. Power-hungry media moguls. This is Shakespeare as
you've never seen him before. Nine iconic stories transformed by the best novelists of our time
celebrating the Bard's lasting legacy.
