A crazy planet is on the brink of disaster: terrorism, epidemics, genetic chaos, mutations. A mad scientist, a former porn star and a loser buffoon turn the world of consumer absurdity into a deserted desert. A carefully developed virus and several months of epidemic are enough to destroy humanity. A new tribe has come to replace people - herbivorous, innocent and beautiful. In the middle of an abandoned park live the Children of Crake, and a loser buffoon, the only living person on Earth, makes up fairy tales for them for a new life. The new novel by Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, is available in Russian for the first time.