The Body Lies: ‘A propulsive #Metoo thriller’ GUARDIAN - Hardcover

Baker, Jo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085752643X ISBN 13: 9780857526434

Publisher: Doubleday, 2019

Synopsis

'Powerful and moving' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said

When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote countryside, it’s meant to be a fresh start, away from the big city and the scene of a violent assault she’s desperate to forget. But when one of her students starts sending in chapters from his novel that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognises herself as the main character in his book - and he has written her a horrific fate.

Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late?

At once a breathless battle-of-wits and a disarming exploration of sexual politics, The Body Lies is an essential book for our times.
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'An outstanding book' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'A literary exploration of consent, entitlement and how narratives can be bent, misappropriated and wrested back. I loved it' SARAH VAUGHAN

'Gripping and strange in the best possible way: the perfect marriage of risky literary fiction and full-on thriller' MARIA SEMPLE, bestselling author of Where d'ya go Bernadette?

'This page-turning thriller has a sympathetic and utterly believable heroine, but it's also an examination of how women's bodies are treated, in life and in fiction.' The Bookseller

'A novelist with a gift for intimate and atmospheric storytelling' Financial Times

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Review

"Jo Baker’s THE BODY LIES is gripping and strange in the best possible way: the perfect marriage of risky literary fiction and full-on thriller." (MARIA SEMPLE, bestselling author of Where d'ya go, Bernadette?)

"This page-turning thrilller has a sympathetic and utterly believable heroine, but it's also an examination of how women's bodies are treated, in life and in fiction." (The Bookseller)

"Powerful and moving, I read The Body Lies in one sitting. As a thriller, it grips and shocks: as a portrayal of the way women move through the world, and the way men see them, it has never been more timely. Absolutely stunning." (ERIN KELLY, bestselling author of HE SAID/SHE SAID)

"A story of female response to male threat, boosted by questions of literary expression... Baker's fans will enjoy the crisp descriptive writing and insightful nuances" (Kirkus Reviews)

"All too plausible, Baker’s powerful tale is at times heart-rending to read―and impossible to put down." (Publishers Weekly)

About the Author

JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her new novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 085752643X
• ISBN 13: 9780857526434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288