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
* Margaret Atwood's classic short fictions reissued with a stunning new jacket style along with others from Margaret Atwood's backlistThese 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
