The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel · 2014
Stories from the Wolf Hall author. Prose so controlled you don't notice the knife until it's in.
The case against
Drawer-clearing from a great writer: stories accumulated across two decades while the Cromwell novels got the real blood. A few (the title story, 'Sorry to Disturb') run at full Mantel voltage; several are anecdotes with excellent posture. The collection exists because Wolf Hall made everything with her name salable, and you can feel the wattage drop from piece to piece.
Short Stories · the Pro canon
The case for it and the rest of the canon open with Pro.
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