Bodily Harm

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 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