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The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood
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“Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.” These words are spoken by Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two. Iris recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister’s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is “The Blind Assassin,” a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, it was a pulp fantasy improvised by two unnamed lovers who meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés. As this novel-within-a-novel twists and turns through love and jealousy, self-sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real narrative, as both move closer to war and catastrophe. Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning sensation combines elements of gothic drama, romantic suspense, and science fiction fantasy in a spellbinding tale.

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    • Release date

      December 10, 2010

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      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9781551994949

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9781551994949
        • File size: 2598 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 6.8
      • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
      • Text Difficulty: 5

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    Formats

    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

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    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:6.8
    • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty:5