Under the Skin
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Short-listed for the Whitbread Award, this remarkable book defies categorisation. Under the Skin introduces Isserley, a woman obsessed with picking up male hitchhikers – so long as they're well-muscled and alone. But why? As the novel unfolds and the reason becomes clear, the reader is drawn inexorably into a completely unexpected and increasingly terrifying world.
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Read this after seeing the movie–they sure are two different animals, both good in their own way, with different weaknesses.
This book had a haunting quality that I hadn't anticipated–there is a bit of heavy-handedness regarding animal rights stuff, which I'm sure was intentionally done, but aside from that it's got a lot going on, getting us to ask questions about identity, sexuality, our connections to others. The minimalist elements in it were appealing to me, and it has a strong, if a little abrupt, ending.
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