ABOUT THIS BOOK
PUBLISHER: Canongate Books
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781841950945
RRP: £6.99
PAGES: 296
PUBLICATION DATE:
January 1, 2000
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Under the Skin
Under the Skin centers around a female character, Isserley, obsessed with picking up lone, male hitch-hickers. As the novel unfolds, the reader is drawn inexorably into a completely unexpected and increasingly terrifying world.
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