The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher - Fourth Estate Ltd - 304 pages
The New York Times bestselling collection, from the Man Booker prize-winner for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, that has been called "scintillating" (New York Times Books Review), "breathtaking" (NPR), "exquisite" (The Chicago Tribune) and "otherworldly" (Washington Post)."A new Hilary Mantel book is an Event with a 'capital 'E.'"-NPR"A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat."-USA Today (4 stars)"[Mantel is at] the top of her game."-Salon"Genius."-The Seattle TimesOne of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary storiesIn The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel's trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display.Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidelities and sudden deaths with sinister causes, brilliantly unsettle the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way.Cutting to the core of human experience, Mantel brutally and acutely writes about marriage, class, family, and sex. Unpredictable, diverse, and sometimes shocking, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher displays a magnificent writer at the peak of her powers.
9780007580996
918999826
2014015900
Short Stories
Mystery
PR6063.A438
823.914
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher - Fourth Estate Ltd - 304 pages
The New York Times bestselling collection, from the Man Booker prize-winner for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, that has been called "scintillating" (New York Times Books Review), "breathtaking" (NPR), "exquisite" (The Chicago Tribune) and "otherworldly" (Washington Post)."A new Hilary Mantel book is an Event with a 'capital 'E.'"-NPR"A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat."-USA Today (4 stars)"[Mantel is at] the top of her game."-Salon"Genius."-The Seattle TimesOne of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary storiesIn The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel's trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display.Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidelities and sudden deaths with sinister causes, brilliantly unsettle the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way.Cutting to the core of human experience, Mantel brutally and acutely writes about marriage, class, family, and sex. Unpredictable, diverse, and sometimes shocking, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher displays a magnificent writer at the peak of her powers.
9780007580996
918999826
2014015900
Short Stories
Mystery
PR6063.A438
823.914