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Bones and Murder
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Author(s): Margaret Atwood  
ISBN: 1860490514
ISBN-13: 9781860490514
Publication Date: 28 Sep 1995
Pages: 175 (152 x 116)
Format: Paperback
Published Price: £9.99


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DESCRIPTION:
In this collection of miscellaneous writings by Margaret Atwood, Gertrude describes what really happened in Hamlet , an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves, and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong.

REVIEWS:
'Atwood's offbeat fiction is always charming, insightful and provocative.' - PREVIEW 'Full of fun and invention, with an edge that cuts through preconceptions ... an entertaining sampler of Atwood's cleverness and imagination' - NICOLETTE JONES, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A novelist and poet of great gifts' - GUARDIAN 'Everything she forms in words has substance and weight' - DAILY TELEGRAPH

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye – both shortlisted for the Booker Prize – The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace, which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Modello in Italy. Her tenth novel, The Blind Assassin, won the Booker Prize in 2000.

Her work is acclaimed internationally and has been translated into thirty-three languages. She is the recipient of many literary awards and honours from various countries, including Britain, Italy, France, Sweden, and Norway, as well as Canada and the United States. Margaret Atwood lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.



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