HAG-SEED. The Tempest Retold.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Vladimir Zimakov illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh, with just a little bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, that has a hint of toning to the flap edges, and otherwise remains without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the front flap).

Signed by Margaret Atwood in black ink on the title page. The fourth chronological book in the 'Hogarth Shakespeare Retold' series, spanning seven novels by contemporary authors each retelling a William Shakespeare play. A retelling of 'The Tempest', the novel follows Canadian theatre director Felix as he is betrayed and exiled from society, plotting revenge against those who wronged him by staging 'The Tempest' in a prison. Long-listed for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.