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The Body and Other Stories: AND Seven Stories

The Body and Other Stories: AND Seven Stories

Hanif Kureishi

What if you were middle-aged and were offered the chance to trade in your sagging flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model? This is the situation in which one character in this collection of stories finds himself. Taking the plunge, he embarks on an odyssey of hedonism but soon has regrets.
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The centrepiece of Hanif Kureishi's brilliant new collection of fiction delves into the fascinating concept of personal identity, and the extent to which this is rooted in our physical being.Middle-aged playwright Adam is amazed to be approached by a shadowy organisation and offered the chance to trade in his decrepit body for a much younger model. He takes up the offer for a six-month period, and his consciousness is duly transplanted into the handsome body of his choice. But Adam soon finds that his new flesh brings with it grave and unforeseen dangers . . .

Product Description

Title - The Body and Other Stories: AND Seven Stories

Edition -

Author - Hanif Kureishi

ISBN 13 - 9780571217779

Imprint - Faber & Faber

Publisher - Faber & Faber

Date Published - 06/05/2003

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 200 x 20mm

Weight - 255 g

Languages - English