Home › Literary Fiction › The Blind Assassin
Literary Fiction · DarkAn old woman tells the story of her sister's death and a novel that may reveal the truth
The Blind Assassin
2000536 pagesModerate readSlow pace
★ Booker Prize, 2000
A family secret and a novel within a novel
Iris Chase Griffen is an old woman in a small Canadian town, and she is writing down the story of her life and of her sister Laura, who died young. The memoir is interleaved with newspaper clippings and a pulp novel called The Blind Assassin. It won the 2000 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Iris Chase Griffen and her sister Laura.
World
Ontario, Canada, from the early twentieth century to the end of the century.
What makes it different
It layers a memoir, a novel within a novel and news clippings.
Feel
Layered and gripping.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The Blind AssassinWikipedia