The Robber Bride, A Novel by Atwood, Margaret - 1993

New York.: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday., 1993. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. Garfield bookplate. Light reading wear.. Tarlofsky, Malcolm (Jacket art by).. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 466 p. Facsimile signature in gold, front; gold spine titles w/ "eye". Audience: General/trade. Canadian author Margaret Atwood had published more than 20 books with this novel, including short story collections, poetry, and literary criticism. Her novel, "The Handmaid's Tale" had shortly preceded this work. In this work, war babies Roz, Cheris, and Tony share a wound, and "her name is Zenia", who had damaged each of her sisters. The story unfolds as the previously deceased Zenia is alive again, surprising them by innocently arriving at a restaurant where the 3 women were having lunch. Well-crafted prose, rich and devious humor, and compassion mark this work which centers on the equality of the sexes in villainy and moral choices.