· The Miracle Inspector is Helen Smiths third novel and was the recipient of an Arts Council Award in , it has received acclaim from such places as the Times. The story itself takes place sometime in the near future, a dystopian vision that's pretty bleak with a controlling, corrupt dictatorship that places many harsh restrictions on it's citizens.5/5. It is clear that Helen Smith has enviable talents as an author, with some moments of brilliance to be found in her book The Miracle Inspector. The Miracle Inspector is a dystopian novel set in the near future. England has been partitioned and London is an oppressive place where poetry has been force.
In its feminist angle, The Miracle Inspector is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Smith has an extraordinarily rich imagination that never fails to surprise and delight. Huffpost Books. Helen Smith crafts a story like she's the British lovechild of Kurt Vonnegut and Philip K. Dick, only with a feminist slant. The Miracle Inspector is a blackly comic dystopian novel inspired by my time spent volunteering as a mentor for exiled writers in London through British charity Freedom from Torture. Rather than try to tell the stories of the people I met, I wondered what it would be like if I had to flee from London without money or possessions. Helen Smith's "The Miracle Inspector" would have been an amazing story in , or even in Lucas is the Miracle Inspector, in charge of going out into London, after an apocalyptic series of attacks that has seen the world partitioned and under tight UN control, to verify the existence of miracles.
The Miracle Inspector () by Helen Smith (Favorite Author) of 5 Votes: 2. ISBN. (ISBN ) Another wonderful book by Helen Smith. For Helen Smith All Human Connections Are Miracles Helen Smith looks at the social cost of a world in which the laws meant to protect people undermine the freedoms they were meant to preserve. It is clear that Helen Smith has enviable talents as an author, with some moments of brilliance to be found in her book The Miracle Inspector.
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