The Blind Assassin: Booker Prize Winner - Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin: Booker Prize Winner

ByMargaret Atwood

  • Release Date: 2001-08-28
  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Score: 4
4
From 321 Ratings

Description

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • The bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative, beginning with the mysterious death of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945.

Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealthy, eccentric family’s history. Intertwined with Iris’s account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous, in which two illicit lovers amuse each other by spinning a tale of a blind killer on a distant planet.

These richly layered stories-within-stories gradually illuminate the secrets that have long haunted the Chase family, coming together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.

Reviews

  • A Tour de Force of the 20th Century

    5
    By Dwardeng
    Buckle yourself in before reading this one. Alternate storylines, flashbacks, reality vs. unreality, manipulation, human folly and more. Sometimes I think Marg comes from another planet, but no, she's just a great writer from Canada.
  • Wow in a good way

    4
    By Racniccha
    Enormity of the plot is not obvious until the end, at which point, you will re-read parts and see the intelligently-placed subtle and direct clues which are sometimes a single word
  • Essential

    5
    By Billy from space
    One of the best works of fiction in the English language. Indispensable.
  • BORING!

    1
    By Winnenrosie
    The story goes on and on and gets no where. The writing is very good but the plot is a dud.

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