{"product_id":"9780771008917","title":"The Blind Assassin","description":"“Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister’s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run. During their secret meetings in rented rooms, the lovers concoct a pulp fantasy set on a distant planet. As the invented story twists through love and sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real one; while events in both move closer to war and catastrophe. By turns lyrical, outrageous, formidable, compelling and funny, this is a novel filled with deep humour and dark drama that comes together in a brilliant and astonishing final twist.","brand":"Margaret Atwood (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":49979266662757,"sku":"9780771008917","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2ecae4a7-032e-4316-8aeb-7dfd477da083.jpg?v=1759417351","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9780771008917","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}