Under The Skin

· Canongate Books
4,1
38 reviews
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304
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With an introduction by David Mitchell

Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone?

An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Under the Skin is a genre-defying masterpiece.

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4,1
38 reviews
Adrian Colley
18 July 2017
Many years have passed since I found a story that I couldn't wait to resume reading, and this is one. It's a peculiar story of a peculiar character who inspires endless fascination. Prideful, wounded, lonely, bitter, and compassionate: Isserley is a most human protagonist, though no hero. This story's elements were butchered into a movie of the same name, but the plot and characters are entirely different.
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Anne Parsons
09 March 2014
The only issue I have with this book, is that it seems like I read a prototype of something that was meant to be better and complete. Overall, it had a great line of thinking in it. I probably won't care to see the movie... which is always a good sign.
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Udai Sankar
03 October 2013
Well what can i say... Glazer made it into a damn movie,a very good one actually starring ScarJo! I came to know about the book after the trailer was released.. And read it! Very gripping and hypnotic!
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About the author

Michel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2015, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.

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