Good Bones and Simple Murders
 

Good Bones and Simple Murders

by Margaret Atwood

This handsome volume combines two of Margaret Atwood's most playful books--Good Bones and Murder in the Dark--resulting in an athletically clever series of tiny fictions, prose poems, and essays that, in small, witty steps, deconstruct everything from sexual politics to the very act of writing itself. Ranging from a tongue-in-cheek appreciation of "Women's Novels" and an embittered,... (read more)

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I thought Atwood only did novels until I ran across this book while looking for poetry for an English lit class. Wicked good poetry that is sharp, funny and brings out the fiery feminist in me at times. Short stories too!

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