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“Annie is a companion, a manufactured housewife who is programmed to keep her husband happy. The husband’s best friend is a jerk and mistreats Annie, whilst the husband gets more and more unpleasant. If she were a real woman, you’d be thinking this is coercive control, but if it’s just a machine… well, it gets messy. The judges spent a lot of time talking about the ethics of the novel and what they made of the husband. I think that’s the mark of a great book – it leaves you with questions.” Read more...
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