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Ellena Savage’s snappy novel exposes a ruined utopia – but you might need a humanities degree to read it

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Ellena Savage’s snappy novel exposes a ruined utopia – but you might need a humanities degree to read itDavid Tip/Unsplash

Ellena Savage’s debut novel, The Ruiners, starts with a windfall many of us only casually dream of – A$50,000 gifted out of the blue.

It’s a financial reprieve Pip desperately needs. Savage’s 29-year-old protagonist is a disaffected waitress, haunted by the screams of the lobsters she serves each night to...

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