num_pages: 160
description: When the brain of older man Adam is surgically placed within the body of a younger man, he takes an extended vacation from the real world and embarks on an odyssey of hedonism, an adventure that is compromised by his increasing feelings of guilt and sinister forces that urge him to return the body. 20,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Body
titlecomplete: The Body
genres: Short Stories, Thriller, 21st Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Literature, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1235
publisher: Scribner