When ordering from the US, parcels may be subject to import tax and duty charges, which the buyer is responsible to pay. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2001, Paperback) This product data sheet is originally written in English. Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but w poor and 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 sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a vel which earned the dead Laura Chase t only toriety 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 and 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 and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a vel filled with deep humour and dark drama. View more great items Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but w poor and 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 sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a vel which earned the dead Laura Chase t only toriety 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 and 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 Recommended products Provided by The Greatest: The Greatest :(2001, Paperback) View item The Confession by John Grisham (2011, Paperback) View item The Clinic by Jonathan Kellerman (1996 Paperback) View item The Hope by Herman Wouk (1994, Paperback) View item The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks (2005, Paperback) View item The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer Paperback View item 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber (2001, Paperback) : debbie macomber (2001) View item The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (2003, Paperback) View item Book Title Blind Assassin : a Novel Number of Pages 544 Pages Language English Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication Year 2001 Topic Literary Topic Mystery Detective / General Topic Science Fiction / General Topic Historical Item Height 0.9 in Genre Fiction Item Weight 13.2 Oz Author Margaret Atwood Item Length 7.9 in Item Width 5.2 in Format Trade Paperback