The Blind Assassin

“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. From The Hardcover Edition.