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    Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin

    While revealing her passion for storytelling, cunning Margaret Atwood carefully avoids the secret mechanisms of her engrossing new novel, "The Blind Assassin."

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Nov 2, 2000 • 30m Listen

    While revealing her passion for storytelling, cunning Margaret Atwood carefully avoids the secret mechanisms of her engrossing new novel, The Blind Assassin (Doubleday).

    Read an excerpt from The Blind Assassin.

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      Michael Silverblatt

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      Margaret Atwood

      author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments”

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