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The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi

Published 2009 by Night Shade Books · 376 pages
Hugo Winner 2010Nebula Winner 2010
Science FictionSynopsis
In a future Thailand ravaged by rising seas and engineered plagues, calorie companies control the global food supply. Emiko, a genetically modified “new person” designed as a servant, struggles for survival and freedom in Bangkok’s sweltering streets while political factions clash over the kingdom’s last reserves of genetic diversity.
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Debut
This was the author's debut novel
Author Nationality
US
ISBN
9781597801577