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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories
by Hilary Mantel
Hardcover : 242 pages
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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 ...
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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 Times
One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories
In 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.
Editorial Review
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, October 2014: Bookended by stories about two very different kinds of home invasions, Hilary Mantelâ??s The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is a daring but frustrating collection. There are only ten stories after all, a few of them quite spare, but all so chock-full of vivid detail and devilish wit that it leaves the reader wanting more. Standouts in the collection are the semi-autobiographical â??Sorry to Disturb,â?? which illustrates the perils of being too polite, the spooky â??Terminusâ?? that exquisitely depicts the madness and longing of loss, and the tender â??How Shall I Know You?â?? where a writerâ??s encounter with a needy child leads to a stark reminder of her own fragile state. Many of the stories mine the baser sides of humanity, but Mantel does it with a wink. At the conclusion of â??Winter Breakâ?? a ghastly truth is revealed, and like the woman who witnesses it, we want to look away... but only until the next page. They donâ??t hand out Man Bookers like candy, and these stories further explain why Mantel has two on her mantel (so far). â??Erin Kodicek
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