Under The Skin

Download or read book Under The Skin written by Michel Faber and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2001-07-16 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the film starring Scarlett Johansson, award-winning author Michel Faber's Under the Skin blends elements of science fiction, grotesque comedy, horror, and thriller into a genre-jumping meditation'' (Washington Post Book World). Isserley cruises the Scottish Highlands picking up hitchhikers. 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. Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory—our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion. ''A fascinating psychological thriller. . . [that] hovers between the real and the fantastic.''—Baltimore Sun ''Original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century.''—Wall Street Journal ''A satiric novel eerie and touching in equal parts.''—San Francisco Chronicle