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Article: Books: Spoken Word The Blind Assassin; By Margaret Atwood: Read by Lorelei King HarperCollins, c6hrs, pounds 11.99
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2000
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I BOUGHT the book of Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin a few
weeks ago, seduced by its cover, which promised an amusing parody of
1930s bodice-rippers. As a bedside book, it was a success, sending me
off to sleep almost instantly, but I realised I was never going to
get into it, and it slipped down the pile of must-reads. Her Booker
Prize win made me determined to try harder. The effort was made
easier by the arrival of an abridged spoken word version read by
Lorelei King. But the game and gutsy King had detectably resorted to
enjoying the (wonderful) sound of her own voice as she churned on
through a plot that had traded empathy for mystification. Atwood's
writing is clinically ...
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