What if all women developed the power to electrocute people at will? In The Power Naomi Alderman answers this intriguing question in spectacular style, weaving an utterly absorbing narrative around the lives of characters around the world as they bear witness to society's violent transformation. If you like your page-turners whip-smart and ferociously current, this is the book for you.

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WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control. The Day of the Girls has arrived - but where will it end?

Fiction & Poetry Modern & contemporary fiction post c 1945 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: 06/04/2017 ISBN-13: 9780670919963 Details: Type: Paperback Format: Books

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Naomi Alderman is the author of three previous novels: Disobedience, The Lessons and The Liars' Gospel. She has won the Orange Award for New Writers and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She was selected for Granta's once-a-decade list of Best of Young British Novelists and Waterstones Writers for the Future. She presents Science Stories on BBC Radio 4, she is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and she is the co-creator and lead writer of the bestselling smartphone audio adventure app Zombies, Run!. She lives in London.

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The worst nightmare ever. Women are going to change the world with the same tool used since the beginning of times: violence. Ingenious and somehow frightening. diego73 - 25/06/2019 Report this Review Name Email Reason

The worst nightmare ever. Women are going to change the world with the same tool used since the beginning of times: violence. Ingenious and somehow frightening.

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What is all women developed the power to electrocute people at will? In The Power Naomi Alderman answers this intriuing question in spectacular style, weaving an utterly absorbing narrative around the lives of characters around the world as they bear witness to society's violent transformation. If you like your pageturners whip-smart and ferociously current, this is the book for you.What is all women developed the power to electrocute people at will? In The Power Naomi Alderman answers this intriuing question in spectacular style, weaving an utterly absorbing narrative around the lives of characters around the world as they bear witness to society's violent transformation. If you like your pageturners whip-smart and ferociously current, this is the book for you. Simon, Marketing Team Charing Cross Rd Bookshop - 26/06/2018

What is all women developed the power to electrocute people at will? In The Power Naomi Alderman answers this intriuing question in spectacular style, weaving an utterly absorbing narrative around the lives of characters around the world as they bear witness to society's violent transformation. If you like your pageturners whip-smart and ferociously current, this is the book for you.What is all women developed the power to electrocute people at will? In The Power Naomi Alderman answers this intriuing question in spectacular style, weaving an utterly absorbing narrative around the lives of characters around the world as they bear witness to society's violent transformation. If you like your pageturners whip-smart and ferociously current, this is the book for you.

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Charing Cross Rd Bookshop - 26/06/2018

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