{"product_id":"9780771008634","title":"The Blind Assassin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister’s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 a distant planet. 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 novel filled with deep humour and dark drama that comes together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Atwood (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover Like New","offer_id":67833764544736,"sku":"9780771008634","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/3381\/2415\/files\/images_8_c48febe1-0ae8-4529-8cfb-bdf04f7b97cf.jpg?v=1791566296","url":"https:\/\/yooneekbooks.ca\/products\/9780771008634","provider":"Yooneek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}