“Harley Street” was first published in The Time Out Book of London Short Stories (Penguin), 1993.
“Offences Against the Person” was first published in the London Review of Books, 2008.
“How Shall I Know You?” was first published in the London Review of Books, 2000.
“The Heart Fails Without Warning” was first published in the Guardian, 2009, and appeared in Best European Fiction 2011 (Dalkey Archive Press).
“Terminus” was first published in the London Review of Books, 2004.
THE ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER. Copyright © 2014 by Hilary Mantel. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Mantel, Hilary, 1952–
[Short stories. Selections]
The assassination of Margaret Thatcher: stories / Hilary Mantel.—First U.S. edition.
pages cm
“A John Macrae book.”
ISBN 978-1-62779-210-3 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-62779-211-0 (electronic book)
I. Mantel, Hilary, 1952–Sorry to Disturb. II. Title.
PR6063.A438A6 2014
823’.914—dc23 2014015900
Published simultaneously in the U.K. by Fourth Estate
First U.S Edition: September 2014
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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