The Blind Assassin

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale.
Winner of the Booker Prize.
In The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood weaves together strands of gothic suspense, romance, and science fiction into one utterly spellbinding narrative. The novel begins with the mysterious death — a possible suicide — of a young woman named Laura Chase in 1945. Decades later, Laura’s sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic deaths that have punctuated their wealth