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Vacant possession / Hilary Mantel.

By:

Mantel, Hilary, , 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Picador , 2010, c2000.Edition: First Picador editionDescription: 242 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780312668044

Subject(s):

Mentally ill offenders -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

FIC MAN

LOC classification:

PR6063.A438 V33 2000

Summary: Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ingenuity. At last free, she sets into motion an intricate plan to exact vengeance on those who had her put away. Her former social worker, Isabel, and her old neighbors have moved on, but Muriel, with her talent for disguise, will infiltrate their homes and manipulate their lives, until all her enemies are brought together for a gruesome finale. Mantel's razor-sharp wit animates every page of this darkly comic tale of retribution.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		067002

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Ten years have passed since Muriel Axon was locked away for society's protection, but psychiatric confinement has only increased her malice and ingenuity. At last free, she sets into motion an intricate plan to exact vengeance on those who had her put away. Her former social worker, Isabel, and her old neighbors have moved on, but Muriel, with her talent for disguise, will infiltrate their homes and manipulate their lives, until all her enemies are brought together for a gruesome finale. Mantel's razor-sharp wit animates every page of this darkly comic tale of retribution.

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