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...