Under The Skin (Canons)

by Michel Faber

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.

• ISBN10: 1847678920
• ISBN13: 9781847678928
• Publish Date: 1 April 2010 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 October 2012
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Canongate Books
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[brokentune]

This is one book you want to read without knowing much about it.

However, that makes writing a review for this book a hell of a task because I can't tell you about the salient points of this book that are both scary and funny at the same time.

And there were so many aspects modern life that Faber picked up and turned on their head in this - his first - book.

So, the only thing I will say is that it follows the story of Isserly, who picks up hitchhikers in northern Scotland and that I would be wary of hitching a ride on the A9.

*edited 15.Feb.16 as original description slightly misleading!

[wyvernfriend]

This wasn't for me, for me the message (what if another race looked at us as cattle, and slaughtered us like that, fattening us up for a few months beforehand) was more important than the story and that turns me off in a book.

Isserley cruises the roads in Scotland picking up hitch-hikers to bring to the farm for processing. She muses about her fate and her place in this world, a world she's an outsider in.

Not my kind of book.