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The Robber Bride: Woman against Women
It is October 23, 1990 and the setting is an avant-garde restaurant in Toronto. A tall well-dressed woman walks into the Toxique at lunchtime. Her name is Zenia. She is tall, well-formed and about 50 years old, but she looks … Continue reading
Posted in Crime novel, Fiction, Mystery
Tagged Margaret Atwood, postaweek2011, Salman Rushdie, Toronto
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