{"product_id":"the-body-by-hanif-kureishi","title":"'The Body' by Hanif Kureishi","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"501\"\u003eA strange, sleek little Kureishi novel about ageing, appetite, sex, vanity and masculinity.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"501\"\u003eAn elderly playwright is offered the impossible, he has the chance to leave his failing body behind and inhabit a younger one. Suddenly he has a second life lived through the old habits of the first, with all the same hungers, humiliations, jealousies, and compromises following close behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"980\"\u003eKureishi is very good on the body as both instrument and trap: youth as performance, sex as theatre, freedom as another kind of dependency. This sits somewhere between speculative fiction, moral fable, and late-life erotic comedy, with a pleasingly nasty philosophical edge. Good for readers interested in identity, embodiment, desire, male self-deception, body-swap fiction with literary teeth, or Kureishi’s broader work around intimacy, transgression and social performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1319\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaber and Faber hardback, first published in 2002. Includes \u003cem data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1081\"\u003eThe Body\u003c\/em\u003e and related stories\/works including “Hullabaloo in the Tree,” “Face to Face with You,” “Goodbye, Mother,” “Remember This Moment, Remember Us,” and “Touched.” Good second-hand condition with light cover wear\/handling and mild page toning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45702339526739,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-15T195349.175.png?v=1781517242","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-body-by-hanif-kureishi","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}