Bodily Harm

From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Handmaid’s Tale — now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu original series — and Alias Grace, now a Netflix original series.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. Rennie Wilford Is A Freelance Journalist Who Takes An Assignment In The Caribbean In The Hopes Of Recuperating From Her Recently Shattered Life. On The Tiny Island Of St. Antoine, She Tumbles Into A Corrupt World Where No One Is What They Seem, Where Her Rules For Survival No Longer Apply. This Is A Thoroughly Gripping Novel Of Intrigue And Betrayal, Which Explores Human Defensiveness, The Lust For Power Both Sexual And Political, And The Need For A Compassion That Goes Beyond What We Ordinarily Mean By Love. The Enigma Unfolds As It Would For Any Innocent Bystander Swept Up By Events, Bringing Along The Scruples, And The Fears, Of The Past. 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 Rennie Wilford, a young journalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Caribbean island and tumbles into a world where no one 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 of corruption.