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The Blind Assassin

Laura Chases 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

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Laura Chases older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor & 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 sisters 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.

Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman & 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 & sacrifice & betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war & catastrophe.

By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling & funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour & dark drama.

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• ISBN: 9781860498800
• Author: Margaret Atwood
• Publisher: Virago
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 637
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 4cm

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Iris - A flowering plant

Iris - The part where the colour can be found in the eye

Humour - Something either verbal of physical that provides amusement and can provoke laughter

Dark - A colour which absorbs visable ligt so apears less light than objects that reflect light

Set - a group of items usually related to one another. Some objects cannot function without the complete set of items.

Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.

Dimensions - The shapes and angles of something or a situation.

Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.

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