ARGONAUT BOOKS

Set in an alternative historical present, in a 'eusistocracy' - an extreme welfare state - that holds public health and social stability above all else, this book follows a young woman whose growing addiction to illegal chilli peppers leads her on an adventure into a world where love, sex and free will are all controlled by the state. Reviews The Core of the Sun has been compared to Atwood and Vonnegut, but Sinisalo's disturbing and often whimsical vision is uniquely her own.GuardianMargaret Atwood and Aldous Huxley get down with Carlos Castaneda in The Core of The Sun, ...Read More