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Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent
- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- Narrator
- R J Hart
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 7 August 2025
- Run Time
- 5 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Queen Gertrude gives Hamlet a piece of her mind and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong in Good Bones
Knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.
And a cat goes to heaven and discovers new playthings in The Tent
In this bewitching cocktail of prose and poetry, fiction and fairytales, Margaret Atwood brings her astonishing world view to the comings and goings of ordinary life.
Praise for Good Bones:
'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous and sardonic talents' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Praise for Murder in the Dark:
'Direct, unpretentious, humorous' -SUNDAY TIMES
Praise for The Tent:
'These are fine, original takes on ancient stories ... How knowing she is; how quick. How easily she mocks herself, and us. She is our medicine' - INDEPENDENT
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Details
- Author
- Margaret Atwood
- Narrator
- R J Hart
- Duration
- 5 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405565806
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent collects together three classic books of short stories.Queen Gertrude gives Hamlet a piece of her mind and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong in Good BonesKnowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.And a cat goes to heaven and discovers new playthings in The Tent In this bewitching cocktail of prose and poetry, fiction and fairytales, Margaret Atwood brings her astonishing world view to the comings and goings of ordinary life. Praise for Good Bones:'A marvellous miniature sample case of Atwood's sensuous and sardonic talents' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTPraise for Murder in the Dark:'Direct, unpretentious, humorous' -SUNDAY TIMESPraise for The Tent: 'These are fine, original takes on ancient stories ... How knowing she is; how quick. How easily she mocks herself, and us. She is our medicine' - INDEPENDENT
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