`Author:` `Availability:` Tim Winton > [!info] > ## Summary "Juice," a 2024 climate fiction novel by Tim Winton, ==depicts a dystopian future in Australia ravaged by [[Climate Change]] and capitalist exploitation==. The story is narrated by a man who, along with a young girl, is captured while traveling through a desolate landscape. He recounts his life story to his captor, revealing a past of living in a sweltering world where summers force them underground, and a present where he's part of a shadowy organization dedicated to eliminating the wealthy elite responsible for the climate crisis. The novel explores themes of survival, vengeance, and the human cost of environmental degradation.  Here's a more detailed breakdown: - **Setting:** The novel is set in a future Australia where climate change has made vast areas uninhabitable, forcing people to live in underground shelters during the hottest months.  - **Plot:** The narrator and a young girl are captured by a man who lives in an old mine. To avoid death, the narrator begins to tell his life story, which includes his upbringing in a rural community, his recruitment into a secret organization, and his participation in missions to assassinate the wealthy who caused the climate crisis.  - **Themes:** "Juice" explores themes of survival in a harsh environment, the consequences of climate change, the [[ethics]] of revenge, and the human spirit's capacity for both cruelty and compassion.  - **Departure:** The novel is notable as Winton's first foray into climate fiction, departing from his previous works. ## Key Takeaways ## Quotes - ## Notes `Concepts:` `Knowledge Base:` [[Books index]]