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Just finished Hilary Mantel's new book, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. An interesting collection of short stories, all of which have been previously published except for the title story. There are autobiographical elements in some details, but I don't know how deep that goes. The stories are rather dark, and there are a few very disturbing ones.
Re the title story, she has publicly expressed her visceral dislike of Margaret Thatcher.
("Hilary Mantel reveals she fantasised about killing Margaret Thatcher", The Guardian, Sept 19, 2014,
"Hilary Mantel on Margaret Thatcher: 'I can still feel that boiling detestation'" The Guardian, Sept 19, 2014)
Oddly enough, that is the most upbeat story in the book.
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