The Blind Assassinopens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.""Boldly imagined and brilliantly executed."-Kirkus ReviewsThese words are spoken by Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two. Iris 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 isThe Blind Assassin, a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following.Sexually explicit for its time, it was a pulp fantasy improvised by two unnamed lovers who meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés. As this novel-within-a-novel twists and turns through love and jealousy, self-sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real narrative, as both move closer to war and catastrophe."Atwood has never written with more flair and versatility than in this multidimensional novel. Adding sardonic wit and characterisation that takes you into the ambivalent intricacies of a personality, this is a novel of extraordinary variety and reach. A brilliant accomplishment."-Peter Kemp, Sunday Times"This is a dark masterpiece in which tension comes from the sharp juxtaposition of worlds and in which futuristic fantasy interrupts and reflects a disquieting reality."  -Karen Houppert, SalonMargaret Atwood’sBooker Prize-winning sensation combines elements of gothic drama, romantic suspense, and science fiction fantasy in a spellbinding tale.