Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ingenuity. At last free, she sets into motion an intricate plan to exact revenge on those who had her put away. Her former social worker, Isabel, and her old neighbors have moved on, but Muriel, with her talent for disguise, will infiltrate their homes and manipulate their lives, until all her enemies are brought together for a gruesome finale. Hilary Mantel's razor-sharp wit animates every page of this darkly comic tale of retribution.
Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ing...
Perhaps every novelist harbors a monster at heart, an irrepressible and utterly irresponsible fantasist, not to mention a born and ingenious liar, without which all her art would go for naught. Angel, at any rate, is the story of such a monster. Angelica Deverell lives above her diligent, drab mother's grocery shop in a dreary turn-of-the-century English neighborhood, but spends her days dreaming of handsome Paradise House, where her aunt is enthroned as a maid. But in Angel's imagination, she is the mistress of the house, a realm of lavish opulence, of evening gowns and peacocks. Then...
Perhaps every novelist harbors a monster at heart, an irrepressible and utterly irresponsible fantasist, not to mention a born and ingenious liar, wit...
Named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, "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...
Named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, "The Guardian "(London), " The Independent "(London), " Kirkus Reviews, " "Los Angeles ...
