First UK edition. Small 8vo. Pp. 153, [7]. Blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine; navy-blue endpapers. Striking dust jacket design by Martin Jacques, illustration by A. Krauze. Integral ribbon marker.
Signed by Author to title page.
An eclectic compilation of Atwood's "odds and ends," comprising parables, monologues, prose poems, speculative fiction, reconfigured fairy tales, outrageous recipes, and flights of fancy.
"[Atwood] proves she is an accomplished miniaturist... She can pack more wallop into less space than any other writer in her weight class." –Toronto Globe and Mail