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By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACE

A 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.

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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



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These vignettes glow with the usual Atwood magic of intelligence ... an exhilarating performance, full of sharp pleasures for the mind * BRITISH BOOK NEWS *
Shrewd, funny, intelligent, honest, ironic * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
A brilliant and witty writer * COSMOPOLITAN *

Murder In The Dark

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    A Paperback / softback by Margaret Atwood

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 29 April 2010
      ISBN-13 9781844086955
      978-1844086955
      ISBN-10 184408695X
      Also in:
      Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Fiction Books by Margaret Atwood

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      By the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE and ALIAS GRACE

      A 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.

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      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



      Trade Review
      These vignettes glow with the usual Atwood magic of intelligence ... an exhilarating performance, full of sharp pleasures for the mind * BRITISH BOOK NEWS *
      Shrewd, funny, intelligent, honest, ironic * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
      A brilliant and witty writer * COSMOPOLITAN *

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