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Originally Posted by alansplace
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Sigh! I'm sure getting flaky with what I'm reading. I just saw a netflix movie called
Under the Skin and just had to read the book it was based on, also called
Under the Skin by Michel Faber. I've read the first chapter thus far and it's quite intriguing (as was the film).
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In Michel Faber's suspenseful first novel, Isserley, an unusual-looking woman with strangely scarred skin, drives through the Scottish Highlands both day and night, looking for just the right male hitchhikers. She picks them up, makes enough small talk to determine she's made a safe choice, then hits a toggle switch on her car, releasing a drug that knocks her victims out. She then takes them to the "farm" where she lives...
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