Wednesday, September 03, 2014

NYT Book Review To Feature Mantel Serial

Publishers Lunch

The title story from two-time Booker winner Hilary Mantel's forthcoming story collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher will run in the September 28 edition of the NYT Book Review, available online as of September 21. (A UK first serial of the same story will run in The Telegraph on September 20.) The book of 10 stories publishes on September 30, issued in the US from Holt as a John Macrae Book.

Editor of the NYTBR Pamela Paul told us by email, "We would love to do more first serials and excerpts, albeit selectively. Hilary Mantel is one of our most exciting contemporary writers, one whose critical reception has been matched by an enthusiastic readership. And this story, a shift from her two most recent historical novels, offers writing her newer fans may find surprising and her loyal, longtime readers will appreciate. All around, it seemed to us like a very welcome addition to the Book Review, and a real treat for New York Times readers."


The title story has been embargoed due to the first serial deals, and was not included in galleys of the book.

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