This Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" set her novel "Cat's Eye" in Toronto
. . Atwood's Story on Screen [PAR] Mar 4, 1990 ... Canadian Margaret Atwood got the idea for her acclaimed 1985 novel, "The 
Handmaid's Tale," during a conversation in Toronto, announcing, "I think I'm ... 
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Wednesday was set by Atwood in the time-to-come United States.