4.5 stars
Margaret Atwood's take on Shakespeare's The Tempest is incredibly clever with a frankly genius plot. Admittedly, as a Margaret Atwood fan I would have picked this up eventually but I have also been working my way through the Hogarth Shakespeare series and have found all of the entries to be delightful. This book, though, really is a work of art. The story follows a grief-stricken, disposed theatre director who turns to the life of a hermit in a shack in the middle of nowhere when he is fired from his job. As the years pass, he becomes more willing to join the real world and takes a job as a literature teacher in a local prison. His Shakespeare production becomes a huge draw at the correctional institute and he discovers a way to exact revenge on those who fired him. There are layers within layers to this story and the characters are surprisingly rich for such a short book. I am impressed with this series overall and feel a connection to Shakespeare's work that I haven't before. I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for an honest review.
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