"Alias Grace is nothing less than literary quicksand a rare and splendid novel that pulls you in and won't let go ... Atwood's 30th book is the work of a mature writer at the peak of her powers. Di-amond-hard prose. Chilling images. Elusive psychological terrain. Glimpses into the nature of male and female sensuality that can rival Flaubert ... Alias Grace is a historical novel as complex and mesmerizing as the patchwork quilt motif that dominates its pages... With it, quite simply, Margaret Atwood takes new ground." —Washington Post Book World "[Nervy, occasionally arch and wonderfully—almost shock-ingly-imaginative... The secrets of Alias Grace are many and the surprises are often delights." —Boston Globe