The body lies

Resource Information

The work The body lies represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The body lies

Statement of responsibility

Jo Baker

Creator

• Baker, Jo

Author

• Baker, Jo

Subject

• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Psychological fiction
• Suspense fiction

Genre

• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Suspense fiction
• Psychological fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high. When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle. To make matters worse, during class a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative writing group. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes 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 cat-and-mouse game and a layered interrogation of the fetishization of the female body, The Body Lies gives us an essential story for our time that will have you checking the locks on your doors"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.92

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6102.A57

LC item number

B63 2019

Literary form

fiction