By the author of The Handmaid's Tale
Now a major NETFLIX series
Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.' Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty and mystery.
'Brilliant... Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin' Hilary Mantel
'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times
'A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled' Julie Myerson, Independent on Sunday
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349013077
Number of pages: 560
Weight: 440 g
Dimensions: 196 x 122 x 42 mm
A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled...This, surely is as far as a novel can go - Julie Myerson, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Brilliant...Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin - Hilary Mantel
Margaret Atwood is to be congratulated - Anita Brookner, SPECTATOR
The outstanding novelist of our age - Peter Kemp, SUNDAY TIMES
Another masterpiece by Atwood that oozes darkness and sensuality. This piece of historical fiction follows Grace Marks in her troubled life, and is based on a true story. Grace was the most notorious Canadian woman of... More
Alias Grace has to be one of the best novels I have read this year. It tells the story of Grace Marks- a highly publicised 19th century criminal case, fictionalised by Margaret Atwood. In this novel, the portrayal of... More
“Alias Grace is a work of fiction, although it is based on reality. Its central figure, Grace Marks, was one of the most notorious Canadian women of the 1840s, having been convicted of murder at the age of sixteen.”... More
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