A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled...This, surely is as far as a novel can go -- Julie Myerson * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * A sensuous, perplexing book, at once sinister and dignified, grubby and gorgeous, panoramic yet specific...I don't think I have ever been so thrilled...This, surely is as far as a novel can go -- Julie Myerson * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * Brilliant...Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin -- Hilary Mantel Brilliant...Atwood's prose is searching. So intimate it seems to be written on the skin -- Hilary Mantel Margaret Atwood is to be congratulated -- Anita Brookner * SPECTATOR * Margaret Atwood is to be congratulated -- Anita Brookner * SPECTATOR * The outstanding novelist of our age -- Peter Kemp * SUNDAY TIMES * The outstanding novelist of our age -- Peter Kemp * SUNDAY TIMES *
