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Readers who are on the lookout for yet another sublime example of classical dystopian literature will be completely disappointed.

To start with, The Testaments is nothing like The Handmaid’s Tale. He did mention, however, that Atwood has written “a savage and beautiful novel,” adding that “the bar is set unusually high for Atwood, and she soars over it.” Since Atwood’s novel was shortlisted even before being published, and, consequently, being read by a wider audience, the judges had taken a vow of silence, claiming that they couldn’t even tell their friends or family that they were reading it: “It falls to me to not tell you about The Testaments,” said Peter Florence, chair of the judging panel, while introducing the shortlisted books. The book has already been shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, this being the sixth Booker nomination for the Canadian author, who won the prize in 2000 for The Blind Assassin (Later edit: it won again-what a surprise!). Published thirty-four years after The Handmaid’s Tale, the new novel is met with almost unprecedented fervour. It is November 2018 and the wait is finally over: Margaret Atwood announces a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.