AUDIOBOOK

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine

A Novel

Alexandra Kleeman
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Duration
9h 17m
Year
2017
Language
English

About

A dry, funny and furiously intelligent fusion of postmodern dystopia, pop culture satire, and philosophical investigation – into identity, consumption, surface, bodies and satisfaction. A woman known only as A lives with her roommate B, who seems to be becoming more and more like her. A's boyfriend, C, comes over frequently to sit on the sofa and watch TV. Their favorites are the reality TV show 'That's My Partner!', in which couples attempt to identify their partner from a line of decoys, and the adverts for Kandy Kakes, which feature the colorful exploits of a cartoon character called 'Kandy Kat'. Out in the real world, away from the glow of the TV, fathers have been disappearing from comfortable, middle-class families. Then across the street from A's house, a whole family up and leave one morning, covered in sheets, with holes cut out for the eyes.

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