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Under the Skin 

Under the Skin (2000)
A novel by Michel Faber

 
Awards
Whitbread Prize (nominee)
A Discover Great New Writers Selection

"Isserley always drove straight past a hitchhiker when she first saw him, to give herself time to size him up."

In Michel Faber's suspenseful first novel, Isserley, an unusual-looking woman with strangely scarred skin, drives through the Scottish Highlands both day and night, looking for just the right male hitchhikers. She picks them up, makes enough small talk to determine she's made a safe choice, then hits a toggle switch on her car, releasing a drug that knocks her victims out. She then takes them to the "farm" where she lives-and where the "processing" takes place-a terrifying procedure involving the removal of various body parts.

In this upside-down world that Faber has so strikingly created, animals are human, and humans are known as "vodsels." Isserley, at one time a beautiful "human" covered in fur with a long tail, is now a foreigner in the "vodsel" world, sent there to collect as many victims as possible. And what becomes of the men she collects is just the beginning of an even more sinister secret. In this world, looks are extremely deceiving; it's what's Under the Skin that truly counts. A disturbing, yet thought-provoking metaphor for a society run amok, this ferociously creative fiction debut will linger in readers' imaginations long after they've passed the last hitchhiker on the highway.

 
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Hardback Editions

July 2000 : Hardback
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 0151006261 / 9780151006267 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
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Paperback Editions

August 2011 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin (Canons)
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 0857861778 / 9780857861771
Publisher: Canongate Canons
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April 2010 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1847678920 / 9781847678928 (UK edition)
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
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September 2004 : Paperback
Title: Under The Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 0006393721 / 9780006393726 (UK edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial Canada
Availability: Amazon CA   

May 2004 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1841954802 / 9781841954806 (UK edition)
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
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July 2001 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin: A Novel
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 0156011603 / 9780156011600 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harvest Books
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January 2000 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1841950947 / 9781841950945 (UK edition)
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon   Amazon UK   

January 2000 : Paperback
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 0862419271 / 9780862419271 (UK edition)
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
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Audio Editions

September 2012 : Audio CD
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1470832704 / 9781470832704
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

September 2012 : MP3 CD
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1470832720 / 9781470832728
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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September 2012 : Audio CD
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber, Fiona Hardingham
ISBN: 1470832682 / 9781470832681
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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2001 : Audio Cassette
Title: UNDER THE SKIN (Complete & Unabridged)
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1841972797 / 9781841972794 (UK edition)
Publisher: Clipper Audio Books
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2001 : Audio CD
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: 1419312979 / 9781419312977 (USA edition)
Publisher: RecordedBooks
Availability: Amazon   

Kindle Editions

January 2000 : Kindle edition
Title: Under The Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: B002VM7FVW
Publisher: Canongate Books
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July 2001 : Kindle edition
Title: Under the Skin
Author(s):: Michel Faber
ISBN: B004M5HKHK
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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