The Body: A Novel

How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi—acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy—explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose brain is surgically placed in a younger man's body by a network of underground doctors.

"After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time."

Adam is offered the chance to trade in his sagging flesh for a much younger and more pleasing model. He tells his wife and so...