"Radicalized" by Cory Doctorow

         Canada Reads 2020   

 I really didn't want to read this book.  The cover 'put me off.'  It said "Danger!  Danger!  Danger!"
   There are four short stories:

1.) Unauthorized Bread- about an immigrant woman who fights against a system meant to keep those in subsidized apartments under control.  She teaches some teens how to outsmart the system. Lots of suspense in this story- my favourite.

2.) Model Minority- about a superhero, American Eagle, who tries unsuccessfully to fight against the corruption of the police and the justice system.

3.) Radicalized - about the American health care system.  Angry people, who are not able to get expensive, life-saving drugs from their insurance plan, join others on a message board and plan acts of terrorism. 

4.) The Masque of Death- about the collapse of society.  A wealthy businessman builds Fort Doom, waiting for the apocalypse.

   Cory Doctorow is a science-fiction writer, who was born in Toronto.  He has lived in London, England, but now resides in California. 
   The cover does represent the contents.  Danger! Danger! Danger!  The stories are science-fiction, but tell much about dangerous trends in the present society.  
  My thought: Canada Reads this year has the theme- "one book to bring Canada into focus".  The content of this book is American, so I question the significance of this book for Canada Reads.