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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2000

"Boldly imagined and brilliantly executed."
Atwood's skillfully woven tenth novel is her most ambitious and challenging work to date, and a worthy successor to her recent triumph, Alias Grace (1996). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 8, 1998

"A minor, if intriguing, footnote to two impressive careers."
A literary curiosity. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 10, 1993

"Amusing sometimes, but flogged and padded—hardly one of Atwood's better efforts."
Antonia (Tony), Karen (Charis), and Roz are three 50-ish Toronto friends, pals since college, all of whom have had to negotiate (and none too well) the treacheries of another friend, Zenia—someone who in the past has stolen a significant man from each of the others. Read full book review >