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Michel Faber’s Under the Skin follows Isserley, a woman in Scotland who fixates on picking up well‑muscled lone hitchhikers. As her obsession develops, the narrative pulls readers into a darker and more unsettling reality, challenging expectations of genre and character.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Michel Faber
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