![]() ![]() All the players must tell the truth, except for the murderer, who must lie. At the sound of the scream, the detective returns to question all the players, in order to determine who is the murderer. The detective leaves the room, and in the dark, the murderer "kills" one of the other players, who screams and plays dead. Murder in the Dark refers to a childhood game (also played by adults) in which one person is secretly appointed murderer, another is appointed detective. 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. The pieces hold together through their major themes of loss, menace and terror, and men's abuse of power. The 27 pieces range over a variety of styles, including fictionalized autobiography, parables, travel stories, satires and prose poems. Some of the pieces were previously published. Murder in the Dark is a collection of short fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1983. ![]()
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