America Pacifica, was just released. The story centers around an impoverished teenage girl struggling to survive on an increasingly toxic island in the Pacific after a future Ice Age freezes the mainland. Though the writing can be a little clunky — especially with respect to class issues — North provides a good lens into the many ways an aggrieved soul can turn against the world, and how difficult it is to get back our dignity once we've lost it. With this in mind, we decided to run a post on books that expose the darker side of humanity — a roundup of the most disturbing novels
and short stories through time, if you will.
