The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher : Stories (Paperback)

from Beamis12

Vivid descriptions, wonderful writing and amazing characterizations, make this one of my favorite book of short stories for this year. All are good but there is one that sticks in my mind, the ending kind of socked me in the face, had to go back and re-read to see if I read it right the first tim...

from lisapeet

I'm in total agreement with my friend Gayla-very few of the stories feel like anything complete or well worked out. I was trying to figure out what it is that makes an artist's sketchbook so interesting, but a writer's fragments or juvenilia or something like this just not all that appealing. I g...

from cuicocha

This short story collection offers a look at a different side of this author. Distinctive in their outlook, Mantel offers a look at life's vagaries with all of its twists and turns. Each story offers something different and displays the author's range of imagination. Though I usually spend my tim...

from lauralkeet

When this book was published, I initially resented anything that was keeping Hilary Mantel from publishing her third novel about Thomas Cromwell. But I finally gave in and read this collection of eleven short stories, and found that this form, too, is something Mantel does very well. Dark, startl...

from caalynch

This was my first time reading Ms. Mantel and I would not be hesitant to pick up other works by her. The stories have a quiet way of painting realistic pictures of life that is both unnerving and poignant. I found the strongest stories to be "The Heart Fails Without Warning" and "Offenses Against...