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

3.0

This collection was rather disappointing. The book had the feel of something thrown together by the publisher to cash in on the popularity of the Cromwell series while book 3 is in progress. The book is pumped up like a teenager's tissue-stuffed bra. The margins are so wide that each page is perhaps 2/3 of the length of a normal page, The font is large enough to see from space, and several blank or nearly blank pages precede each story. Without this trickery this volume would be at most 100 pages. Add to that the fact that all but one story (the title story, which was excellent) had been published before, There were 3 stories I thought excellent, but the rest were just fair to good and there was no cohesion, no stylistic or content flow. There were many times Mantel's erudition and wit were displayed to great advantage but none of this was among her greatest issue. I feel like I have been had for around $25.