Murder in the Dark

For the Torben Betts play, see Murder in the Dark (play). For the children's game, see Murder in the Dark (game).

First edition
(publ. Coach House Books)

Murder in the Dark is a collection of short fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1983. Some of the pieces were previously published.[1] The 27 pieces range over a variety of styles, including fictionalized autobiography, parables, travel stories, satires and prose poems. The pieces hold together through their major themes of loss, menace and terror, and men's abuse of power.[1]

The book was republished in 1994, in combination with another Atwood work called Good Bones, as part of the expanded collection Good Bones and Simple Murders.

  1. ^ a b French, William (March 15, 1983), "Atwood's snappy snippets pack a wallop MURDER IN THE DARK", The Globe and Mail, p. 17