Under The Skin
- 6 Jul 2017
- 9781786890528
- £9.99
- 304 pp
- 130×202mm
- 5 Jul 2012
- 9780857867773
- £20.99
- 8 hrs 42 min
- 20 Nov 2008
- 9781847673732
- £7.99
- 304 pp
In a few words
One of Michel Faber’s best-loved novels, this is an utterly compulsive and mysterious masterpiece
In a few words
Audio edition of Michel Faber’s debut novel, read by Gerri Halligan
In a few words
Now a major motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson
A wonderful book - painful, lyrical, frightening, brilliant . . . I couldn't put it down
Kate Atkinson
One of the best-orchestrated reveals in modern British fiction . . . Michel Faber is a masterly writer
David Mitchell
. . . strange, adept, original . . . Would that more first novels were as adventurous or as funky and daring in their conception.
Tenses and prods the reader up a plethora of literary blind alleys before hauling them screaming towards its final, thrilling destination.
It'll get to you one way or another. Of that there is no doubt
A wonderful book - painful, lyrical, frightening, brilliant . . . I couldn't put it down
More about
the book
With an introduction by David Mitchell
Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone?
An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Under the Skin is a genre-defying masterpiece.
More about
the book
Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone?
An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Michel Faber’s debut novel is an outstanding piece of fiction that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
More about
the book
With an introduction by David Mitchell
Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone?
An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Under the Skin is a genre-defying masterpiece.
Profound and disturbing . . . Faber writes superbly
This is a man who could give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence
Teases and prods the reader up a plethora of literary blind alleys before hauling them screaming towards its final, thrilling destination
Strange, adept, original . . . Would that more first novels were as adventurous or as funky and daring in their conception
Profound and disturbing . . . Faber writes superbly.
The real triumph is Faber's restrained, almost opaque prose. This is a man who could give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence.
A wonderful book - painful, lyrical, frightening, brilliant . . . I couldn't put it down.
brilliantly compressed drama of threat and ambiguity . . . Recalling writers such as Jim Crace and Russell Hoban, Under the Skin, like Faber's short stories, is an extremely assured and imaginative work.
Teases and prods the reader up a plethora of literary blind alleys before hauling them screaming towards its final, thrilling destination
This is a man who could give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence
. . . strange, adept, original . . . Would that more first novels were as adventurous or as funky and daring in their conception
Profound and disturbing . . . Faber writes superbly
Michel Faber
View profileMichel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2015, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
Michel Faber
View profileMICHEL FABER has written eight other books, including the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White and The Fahrenheit Twins. The Apple, based on characters in The Crimson Petal and the White, was published in 2006. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort, and has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
Gerri Halligan is a highly experienced actress who has worked extensively in television and theatre, including Leicester Haymarket, Liverpool Playhouse, Churchill Theatre and the Salisbury Playhouse. Her West End credits include: Dangerous Obsession, Beauty and the Beast and London Cuckolds. She was recently seen in the fifth series of the Red Dwarf for BBC 2.
Michel Faber
View profileMichel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2015, and most recently Undying, his first poetry collection. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK.
