Under the Skin >>>> A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED & LINED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING PAPERBACK ORIGINAL <<<<

Michel Faber

ISBN 10: 0862419271 / ISBN 13: 9780862419271

Published by Canongate, Edinburgh, 2000

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A near fine signed UK first edition, first printing paperback original - in a near fine dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & LINED BY MICHEL FABER - Basis for the acclaimed film of the same name - Pictures available upon request. Seller Inventory # 001405

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Title: Under the Skin >>>> A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED & ...

Publisher: Canongate, Edinburgh

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

True 1st/1st U.K. paperback original. Absolutely pristine throughout in acetate DJ covered in custom clear acetate DJ

Review:

In the opening pages of Under the Skin, a lone female is scouting the Scottish Highlands in search of well-proportioned men: "Isserley always drove straight past a hitch-hiker when she first saw him, to give herself time to size him up. She was looking for big muscles: a hunk on legs. Puny, scrawny specimens were no use to her." At this point, the reader might be forgiven for anticipating some run-of-the-mill psychosexual drama. But commonplace expectation is no help when it comes to Michel Faber's strange and unsettling first novel; small details, then major clues, suggest that something deeply bizarre is afoot. What are the reasons for Isserley's extensive surgical scarring, her thick glasses, her excruciating backache? Who are the solitary few who work on the farm where her cottage is located? And why are they all nervous about the arrival of someone called Amlis Vess?

The ensuing narrative is of such cumulative, compelling strangeness that it almost defies description. The one thing that can be said with certainty is that Under the Skin is unlike anything else you have ever read. Faber's control of his medium is nearly flawless. Applying the rules of psychological realism to a fictional world that is both terrifying and unearthly, he nonetheless compels the reader's absolute identification with Isserley. Not even the author's fine short-story collection, Some Rain Must Fall, prepared us for such mastery. Under the Skin is ultimately a reviewer's nightmare and a reader's dream: a book so distinctive, so elegantly written, and so original that one can only urge everybody in earshot to experience it, and soon. --Burhan Tufail