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Description for Bodies Electric
Paperback. Jack Whitman is head of long-range planning at a major media empire. Now, emotionally numb and blindly ambitious, and with the corporation on the verge of a merger, Jack is caught in a power-play between the scheming CEO and the ageing chairman. Taking the subway home one night, Jack meets Dolores who is on the run from her jealous husband. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 224.
Jack Whitman is head of long-range planning at a major media empire. Two years have passed since his cherished wife, pregnant with their first child, was killed in a mindless spasm of New York violence. Now, emotionally numb and blindly ambitious, and with the corporation on the verge of a merger, Jack is caught in a power-play between the scheming CEO and the ageing chairman. Taking the subway home one night, Jack meets Dolores, a beautiful, troubled woman who, with her young daughter, is on the run from her dangerously jealous husband. Against every instinct of urban survival, Jack takes ... Read more
Jack Whitman is head of long-range planning at a major media empire. Two years have passed since his cherished wife, pregnant with their first child, was killed in a mindless spasm of New York violence. Now, emotionally numb and blindly ambitious, and with the corporation on the verge of a merger, Jack is caught in a power-play between the scheming CEO and the ageing chairman. Taking the subway home one night, Jack meets Dolores, a beautiful, troubled woman who, with her young daughter, is on the run from her dangerously jealous husband. Against every instinct of urban survival, Jack takes ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747572176
SKU
KLN0014094
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Colin Harrison
Colin Harrison is the deputy editor of Harper's magazine. He lives with his wife, novelist Kathryn Harrison, in Brooklyn, USA
Reviews for Bodies Electric
'Like Scott Turow's PRESUMED INNOCENT, this is a serious piece of work that examines the rotten heart of the yuppie dream with an uncompromising intensity' Sunday Times 'Harrison's novel is a cause for celebration ... a daring, haunting book' New York Times