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ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]: : The Blind Assassin - A NOVEL

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2000.

ISBN 0747549370.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Booker Prize winner for 2000,but no indication of such to dw/dj.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with brown and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj inevitably but lightly sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,top edges very lightly and almost imperceptibly dust-soiled with faint,minimal sporadic spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a dark green headband and similar sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 2-521pp [paginated] includes 15(XV) Pts comprising 93 sections/chapters including an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,epigrams,contents list/table Pts separator pages,and to the rear; acknowledgements,a note on the author,and 6pp blanks. 'Ten days after the war ended,my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.' Thus begins 'The Blind Assassin',Margaret Atwood's stunning new novel (then 2000). Laura Chase's older sister Iris,married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two,is living in Port Ticonderoga,a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.While coping with her unreliable body,Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life,in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death.Chief among these was the publication of 'The Blind Assassin',a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following: as Iris says,she herself lives 'in the long shadow cast by Laura'. Sexually explicit for its time,'The Blind Assassin' describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run.During their secret meetings in rented rooms,the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on Planet Zycron.As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal,so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical,outrageous,formidable, compelling and funny,this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama.It is Margaret Atwood at her breathtaking best. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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