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16%OFFTobias Hill - Skin - 9781408844175 - V9781408844175
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Skin

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Description for Skin Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.

In an isolated trailer home in the far north of Japan, an old criminal scrutinizes his tattooed skin while he waits for the past to catch up with him. A year later, the life of a young policeman breaks down as he investigates a tattooed corpse and the history of death and guilt embedded in its skin.

From the Japanese underworld to midnight in the London Zoo aquarium, Skin charts the lives of people in a world made stark and fantastical. The grief of a young computer programmer who cannot erase the ghostly memories of his twins. The vicious ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408844175
SKU
V9781408844175
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99-10

About Tobias Hill
Tobias Hill was born in London. In 2003 the TLS nominated him as one the best young writers in Britain. In 2004 he was selected as one of the country’s Next Generation poets and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. His collection of stories, Skin, won the Pen-Macmillan Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the ... Read more

Reviews for Skin
The first collection of short stories by the poet and critic Tobias Hill could serve as a masterclass in the genre ... Quite apart from the excellence of their construction and the quality of the writing, these stories, with their many and far-ranging voices, all have a cool, clear beauty
Sunday Telegraph
Whether exploring the despair of a ... Read more

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