'An extraordinary achievement.' A. S. Byatt John Brown's Body,
first published in 1969, was A.L. Barker's fourth novel and was
shortlisted for the second annual Booker Prize in 1970. Marise
Tomelty is the young wife of a travelling salesman, who dislikes
sex and is terrified of open spaces. Ralph Shilling, a dealer in
pesticides, lives in the flat above the Tomeltys'. One day Marise's
husband casually mentions that he recognises Ralph as John Brown: a
man acquitted, for lack of evidence, of the gruesome double murder
of two sisters. Nevertheless, Marise encourages Ralph's attentions,
intoxicated by a heady mix of passion and fear. 'She is formidable,
and from a bare corner of human relations gathers a rich harvest.'
Adam Mars-Jones 'It would be hard to find anyone who chooses words
more exactly or constructs with more precision.' Penelope
Fitzgerald
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