Synopsis
Joan Foster is the bored wife of a myopic ban-the-bomber. She takes off overnight as Canada's new superpoet, pens lurid gothics on the sly, attracts a blackmailing reporter, skids cheerfully in and out of menacing plots, hair-raising traps, and passionate trysts, and lands dead and well in Terremoto, Italy. In this remarkable, poetic, and magical novel, Margaret Atwood proves yet again why she is considered to be one of the most important and accomplished writers of our time.
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"Funny, poignant, and briskly energetic."
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"A rich, subtle, deep, delicate, nourishing book. It's all joy, but it stays with you. She has things to tell us."
--Philadelphia Inquirer
"A really gifted writer...alternately satirical and lyrical."
--Time
"A very funny novel, lightly told with wry detachment and considerable art."
--Washington Post Book World
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--Joan Didion
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“A wonderfully unpretentious comic romp. A fine novel: inventive, funny, and a pleasure to read.”
–Mordecai Richler
“Read it for its gracefulness, for its good story, for its help in your fantasy life.”
– Globe and Mail
“Brilliant and funny, I can’t tell you how exhilarating it was to read it – everything works. An extraordinary book.”
–Joan Didion
“A haunting and humorous work.”
– Toronto Star
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– Time
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– San Francisco Examiner
“Funny, poignant and briskly energetic.”
– Newsweek
“A very funny novel, lightly told with wry detachment and considerable art.”
– Washington Post Book World
“A rich, subtle, deep, delicate, nourishing book. It’s all joy, but it stays with you. She has things to tell us.”
– Philadelphia Enquirer
“Marvellously funny.”
– Maclean’s
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1976; pink cloth covered boards with a white cloth spine and red titles; glossy illustrated paper jacket; wear and discoloration around edges; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; stamp on bottom edge of pages; interior is clean and unmarked; 345 pages. Photos available upon request. Seller Inventory # SKU1176681
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1976 Simon and Schuster. Second printing. Hardcover has beige paper-covered boards with cream cloth-covered spine and red spine lettering and cover decoration. 345 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # 15242