The assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Subtitle: and other stories
By: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780007580996
Subjects: Short stories; English Short stories; English fiction
Description: 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. Her classic wicked humor in each story--which range from a ghost story to a vampire story to near-memoir to mini-sagas of family and social fracture--brilliantly unsettles the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way. Mantel brutally and acutely writes about gender, marriage, class, family, and sex, cutting to the core of human experience. Unpredictable, diverse, and even shockingly unexpected, each story grabs you by the throat within a couple of sentences. The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher displays a magnificent writer at the peak of her powers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sorry to disturb; title: Comma; title: The long QT; title: Winter break; title: Harley Street; title: Offences against the person; title: How shall I know you?; title: The heart fails without warning; title: Terminus; title: The school of English; title: The assassination of Margaret Thatcher.