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Body Tourists

The gripping, thought-provoking new novel from the Booker-longlisted author of The Testament...

Jane Rogers

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English
Sceptre
14 November 2019
'Her observation of our species is tender, precise, illuminating' Hilary Mantel

THE NEW NOVEL BY THE BOOKER LONGLISTED

AND ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE TESTAMENT OF JESSIE LAMB

ADAPTED FROM THE HIT BBC RADIO 4 PLAY

'An ambitious and important writer' New York Times

'Unputdownable and often thought-provoking' Sunday Times

'Grimly plausible' Guardian

In this version of London, there is a small, private clinic. Behind its layers of security, procedures are taking place on poor, robust teenagers from northern Estates in exchange for thousands of pounds - procedures that will bring the wealthy dead back to life in these young supple bodies for fourteen days.

It's an opportunity for wrongs to be righted, for fathers to meet grandsons, for scientists to see their work completed. Old wine in new bottles.

But at what cost?

MORE PRAISE FOR JANE ROGERS AND BODY TOURISTS:

'Gripping' Mail on Sunday

'Very much a novel about human nature . . . an insightful examination of the things people truly value' SciFi Now

'A wonderfully versatile novelist' Penelope Lively

'Rogers' prose flows elegantly and with effortless power' Observer

'A compulsive and compelling slice of fiction' Sunday Express
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Imprint:   Sceptre
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 238mm,  Width: 158mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   520g
ISBN:   9781529392951
ISBN 10:   1529392950
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jane Rogers has published nine novels, written original television and radio drama, and adapted work (her own and others') for radio and TV. Her novels include Conrad and Eleanor, The Testament of Jessie Lamb, Mr Wroe's Virgins, Island, and The Voyage Home. Writing awards include the Arthur C Clarke Award, Somerset Maugham Award, Writers' Guild Best Fiction Book, BAFTA nomination best drama serial, Guardian Fiction Prize runner up and Arts Council Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and teaches the Faber Short Story Writing course.

Reviews for Body Tourists: The gripping, thought-provoking new novel from the Booker-longlisted author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Her observation of our species is tender, precise, illuminating Jane Rogers is a wonderfully versatile novelist An ambitious and important writer - The New York Times Cuts to the bone - The Sunday Times Rogers has never been afraid to expose the dark underside of people's psyches, their shoddy motives and secret compulsions - Guardian Roger's prose flows elegantly and with effortless power - Observer Body Tourists is very much a novel about human nature. Told through a variety of different perspectives . . . the novel is an insightful examination of the things people truly value - SciFi Now


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