Atwood's new novel is a compelling read. - Google Images Atwood's "The Blind Assassin" Weaves Three Complex Storylines Monday, January 12, 2009 By Joanie Bedinger, Freelance Writer Advertising Infrequently does a book come along that juxtaposes the past and the present, fiction and a story within that fiction, as gracefully as Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin. Both an international bestseller and a winner of the Booker Prize, this novel weaves three storylines into a complex and utterly compelling whole. The reader is introduced first to Iris Chase Griffen, an elderly woman haunted by the ghosts of her past, and the enigma of her sister Laura's death many years ago. Added to the account of their struggles growing up and the text of the novel that made Laura famous, Iris's story is one that intrigues readers up through its shattering, inevitable conclusion.

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