Ellena Savage’s snappy novel exposes a ruined utopia – but you might need a humanities degree to read it
- Written by Amber Gwynne, Lecturer in Writing, The University of Queensland
David Tip/UnsplashEllena 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...





