By the author of The Handmaid's TaleNow a major NETFLIX seriesSometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.'Brilliant... Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin' Hilary Mantel'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times'A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled' Julie Myerson, Independent on Sunday
CONTRIBUTORS: Margaret Atwood
EAN: 9780349013077
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 440 g
HEIGHT: 196 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Book Group
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GENRE: FICTION / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary
WIDTH: 122 cm
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Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled...This, surely is as far as a novel can go, A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled...This, surely is as far as a novel can go, Brilliant...Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin, Brilliant...Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin, Margaret Atwood is to be congratulated
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes.
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