Synopses & Reviews
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian (London), The Independent (London), Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Telegraph (London), The Washington Post
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
with stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical
infidelities and sudden deaths with sinister causes. Cutting to the core
of human experience, Mantel brutally and acutely writes about marriage,
class, family, and sex. Unpredictable, diverse, and sometimes shocking,
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher will brilliantly unsettle the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way.
Review
“A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat....Some of
the stories are so brief and twisted...they have a hint of the cruelty
of Roald Dahl's short stories (the ones that were definitely for
grown-ups)....Mantel's narrators never tell everything they know, and
that's why they're worth listening to, carefully.” USA Today (4 stars)
Review
“Scintillating....Like the Olympic gymnast who nails her landing every time.” The New York Times Book Review
Review
"The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher delivers on its promises:
the promise built by Mantel's reputation as one of the unquestionably
great contemporary writers, the promise made by its shocking title, and
the promise inherent in the genre of short stories....Mantel pokes and
prods and scratches at our tiny collective wounds, opening them into
something much bigger. Readers may find the stories uncomfortable, but
also hard to put down." A.V. Club
About the Author
Hilary Mantel is the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies ― an unprecedented achievement. The Royal Shakespeare Company recently adapted Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies for the stage to colossal critical acclaim and a BBC/Masterpiece six-part adaption of the novels will broadcast in 2015.