
Bodily Harm (Contemporary classics)
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Margaret Atwood is brilliant.

To be offered in freelunch's VBB.
From inside the front cover:
Rennie Wilford, a young journalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Carribean island and tumbles into a world where no is what they seem. When the burnt-out Yankee Paul (does he smuggle dope or hustle for the CIA?) offers her a no-hooks, no-strings affair, she is caught up in a lethal web or corruption...
Margaret Atwood has written a thoroughly gripping novel of suspense: the enigma unfolds, not as it would for a clockwork professional spy, but as it would for any innocent bystander swept up by events, bringing along the biases, the scruples and the fears of the past.
From inside the front cover:
Rennie Wilford, a young journalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Carribean island and tumbles into a world where no is what they seem. When the burnt-out Yankee Paul (does he smuggle dope or hustle for the CIA?) offers her a no-hooks, no-strings affair, she is caught up in a lethal web or corruption...
Margaret Atwood has written a thoroughly gripping novel of suspense: the enigma unfolds, not as it would for a clockwork professional spy, but as it would for any innocent bystander swept up by events, bringing along the biases, the scruples and the fears of the past.

Packed up and ready to be mailed tomorrow to amberC.

Arrived today. Thankyou

'Bodily Harm' is certainly not the best work by the sometimes brilliant Margaret Atwood. What saves this book are the characterizations and Atwood's stellar prose.

Journal Entry 6 by amberC at BookObsessed.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases on Monday, August 24, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (8/23/2009 UTC) at BookObsessed.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases
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Off to Ms September.
I hope you enjoy.
Off to Ms September.
I hope you enjoy.

Journal Entry 7 by
crimson-tide
from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, September 1, 2009



Thank you.
And thanks also for the very appropriate postcard.
The guy pictured certainly looks like he is about to undergo some serious bodily harm!
A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harm is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges. Rennie flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St. Antoine she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply. By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power, both sexual and political, and the need for compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love.

Journal Entry 8 by
crimson-tide
at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, January 30, 2025


This is a relatively early Atwood novel. Not one of my favourites but still a finely written book, as one would expect. I found it a bit odd to begin with (in an Atwoodian way I guess) but became more invested as the book progressed. A wonderful character study of a young woman who is totally discombobulated by events, and her attempts at a restful recuperation find her naively flailing about in a strange environment where she has no idea of what is going on and who to trust. There are many issues within the story, and lots to think about.
Now reserved as a wishlist tag.
Now reserved as a wishlist tag.

Journal Entry 9 by
crimson-tide
at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Friday, January 31, 2025


Posting off as a wishlist tag to tklassy. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 10 by
tklassy
at Mount Barker, South Australia Australia on Wednesday, February 5, 2025


Thank you for sending me this book as part of the Australasia Wishlist Tag Game . Margaret Atwood is a phenomenal writer and I cannot wait to sink my teeth into this book.