Income Inequality at the End of the World

A gorgeous novel imagines a luxurious oasis in an environmental crisis

You’ll know why I included apples in the picture when you read the book. (Photo by Michelle Teheux)

Even as a child I loved dystopian novels; even before 1984, I was reading 1984. I am not an optimistic person, and it’s hard for me not to see World War III, the rise of authoritarianism and environmental degradation and not think, “I told you so.”

In Land …