A review by alisonjfields
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel

5.0

A superb collection with a couple of serious high notes (the title story alone is nearly worth the price of admission), Hilary Mantel's latest compiles mostly (though not entirely) recent short fiction. I enjoyed some stories better than others. Such is the nature of story collections. At its best, this collection evoked the best parts of Daphne DuMaurier's "Don't Look Now" (one of my all-time favorite story collections) but with a fine dusting of grit, barely contained fury and gorgeous, gorgeous writing.