“It’s a fun thought to think people will be so excited to get their copy that they’ll be coming in first thing. “When the shutters come down tonight we’re going to do a big window display so that when we open tomorrow the window will be full of it,” she said. “There’s a good buzz because they sent out all the copies, boxes with big stickers everywhere saying ‘Not to be sold before tomorrow.’ Louisa Earls of the city’s oldest independent bookshop, Books Upstairs on D’Olier Street, was also feeling the anticipation. “Hopefully we’ll have a busy day with this – I think there are a lot of people anxious to get their hands on it, because obviously not everybody gets them leaked by Amazon in the US, so lots of people are supporting local businesses instead.” “The big books of the autumn are always key as we go towards Christmas, and as everybody knows in retail, this kind of season is really what makes shops work, and bookshops in particular. The Handmaid’s Tale explores the political oppression of women, carried out in the name of God but in large part motivated by a desire to control women’s bodies. Atwood seems less interested in religion than in the intersection between religion, politics, and sex. Atwood will also visit Dublin in November for the National Concert Hall’s Words+Ideas series.īob Johnston, owner of The Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar, said the book would be an important one for independent sellers “to help see them through the rest of the year. Read more about how Old Testament laws are applied in Gilead. The book’s launch included an exclusive interview with the author in London broadcast live in Irish cinemas.
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