Under the Skin

Name: Under the Skin
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ISBN: 9780156011600

ISBN-10: 0156011603

ISBN-13: 9780156011600

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Michel Faber

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Hailed as "original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century" (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a "fascinating psychological thriller" (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peering up over the steering wheel. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, she listens to her hitchhikers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them if they should disappear. At once humane and horrifying, Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/16/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Michel Faber was born in The Hague, Netherlands on April 13, 1960. He was educated at the University of Melbourne. His books include The Crimson Petal and the White, The Fahrenheit Twins, Under the Skin, The Apple, and The Book of Strange New Things. He is also the author of two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort. He won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title The Book of Strange New Things.