The Unit

The Unit

2006 • 272 pages

Ratings11

Average rating3.2

15

A social dystopia book in the genre of Brave New World and A Handmaid's Tale. Set in Sweden, it has a creepy premise: women who reach age 50 and men who reach age sixty and are single and childless are considered “dispensible.” They go live in the unit and are the subjects of scientific tests for the greater good and then also end up donating organs. Well written.

September 12, 2009