It is a dystopian novel set in the near future (2068), where women have no rights and men all the power. Although it is clearly a “version” of the city where nobody wishes to live, especially women. The book takes you directly into the magical atmosphere of London: the street, the bars, the tube and second-hand bookshops. I have read with a lot of interest “The Hunt” by Brad Stevens. The odds may be against her, but the consequences of failure are too terrifying to contemplate. After discovering what Hunters do to the women they capture, Mara enters the contest determined to elude her pursuers. But the external world comes crashing in when Mara is conscripted into the Hunt. Horrified by what is happening in the country, she seldom leaves her apartment, attempting to create a private universe where she and her lover can hide. Mara Gorki is a successful crime novelist trying to keep her lesbian relationship with film critic Yuke Morishita a secret. When a feminist group launches a terrorist attack, the state responds by creating the Hunt, a weekly contest in which ten randomly selected women are pursued by ten male Hunters across an abandoned district of London. A totalitarian government has passed laws victimising racial minorities, prohibiting homosexuality, and preventing women from voting or having abortions. THE HUNGER GAMES meets FIFTY SHADES OF GREY in this dystopian science-fiction novel.
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