By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACEA beautifully bizarre assortment of short stories and prose poems. Writing on an eclectic range of subjects from'Bread'and'Strawberries',to'Fainting'and'Women's Novels',Margaret Atwood brings her astonishing world view to the comings and goings of ordinary life. The pretentious male chef is taken down a peg,a gang of cynical five year olds concoct a poisonous brew; and knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark. Praise for Murder in the Dark:These vignettes glow with the usual Atwood magic of intelligence...an exhilarating performance,full of sharp pleasures for the mind -BRITISH BOOK NEWS'A brilliant and witty writer'-COSMOPOLITAN'Direct,unpretentious,humorous'-SUNDAY TIMES
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9781844086955Number of pages: 128Weight: 110 gDimensions: 198 x 128 x 12 mm
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These vignettes glow with the usual Atwood magic of intelligence...an exhilarating performance,full of sharp pleasures for the mindShrewd,funny,intelligent,honest,ironicA brilliant and witty writer
Margaret Atwood
Widely regarded as one of the world's leading writers,Margaret Atwood is an author,essayist,poet and activist whose inventive and diverse literary output ranges widely and deeply from feminist classics such as The Handmaid's Taleto complex blends of Science Fiction and reality such as her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Blind Assassin and chilling dystopian visions like Oryx and Crake.
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