Bodily Harm
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3.0 • 6 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A clever and addictive thriller from the bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments
Rennie Wilford is a young journalist running from her life. When she takes an assignment to a Caribbean island she tumbles into a world where no one is quite what they seem, least of all ‘Yankee’ Paul.
Is Paul a drug smuggler? A CIA operative? Either way he’s trouble and his offer to Rennie of a no-hooks, no strings affair, will suddenly draw her into in a lethal web of corruption.
'As swift-moving as the best thriller, clipped and laconic, yet deeply and richly sensitive' Sunday Telegraph
Customer Reviews
Think Twice
There are several thoughtful, insightful reviews of Bodily Harm, and it is a good idea to read them. In my case, they revealed how much I had missed. That said, I don’t think you can read the novel as an entertainment. Rennie Wilford, the clever, analytical, self-absorbed journalist who is the main protagonist, offers many opinions, and undergoes experiences which force her to re-examine her own narrative.
Essentially all the characters are pawns to this concept, and Rennie herself, despite her wit, her vulnerability and her political naïveté was not a person whom I learned to care about. So think twice before you decide to buy the novel. Understand your reasons for doing so and be aware that ideas are more important than the characters who carry them.