The Body Lies

Jo Baker

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Black Swan
21 July 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense

'A very modery interrogation of violent fiction. Fiendishly readable' SARAH MOSS, GUARDIAN '
Gripping and fast-paced' Good Housekeeping '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.

'Outstanding' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'A literary exploration of consent, entitlement and how narratives can be bent, misappropriated and wrested back. I loved it' SARAH VAUGHAN
'A propulsive #MeToo thriller.' GUARDIAN
'Gripping. The perfect marriage of risky literary fiction and full-on thriller' MARIA SEMPLE
'Page-turning thriller and 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
'Baker's heroine is one of the most believable I've seen on the page in a long time...nuanced, non-linear, lifelike' TLS

By: Jo Baker
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 199g
ISBN: 9781784164522
ISBN 10: 1784164526
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 21 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Body Lies

This superior thriller looks at how novels represent violence through the story of a creative writing teacher who finds herself trapped between the borders of life and fiction after recognising herself in a story written by one of her students * METRO * Gripping ... with lots to say about sexual politics * Good Housekeeping * Packs a powerful punch on every page * Red Magazine * Build-up of tension is EXCELLENT * Daily Mail * A propulsive #MeToo thriller investi gating consent and male entitlement as well as the borders between truth and fiction. * Guardian *

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The Body Lies

Jo Baker

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