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Ali Smith’s new novel Gliff is a dystopian nightmare with flashes of fairytale enchantment


Ali Smith’s new novel Gliff is a dystopian nightmare with flashes of fairytale enchantment

Ali Smith’s new novel Gliff is a dystopian nightmare with flashes of fairytale enchantment

Smith gives a horrifying vision of a future world of work in which unprotected or unwanted children are forced to scavenge metal from waste in dangerous conditions and adult workers are ruthlessly surveilled, punished, fined and controlled.