The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
“A cunning and visionary new collection…[Mantel] intends to expose what is really in her characters’ hearts, no matter how benign they appear on the surface. In these ten stories, she ingeniously succeeds, managing to simultaneously startle and seduce by juxtaposing horror and humor, derision and empathy, passivity and aggression.”
O, The Oprah Magazine
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2014
Among shortlisted titles for Audie Award Finalist, 2015
Among longlisted titles for Washington Post Best Books of the Year, 2014
Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2014
Among longlisted titles for New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2014
Among longlisted titles for Los Angeles Times Holiday Books Guide, 2014
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.
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