The Motion of the Body Through Space

by Lionel Shriver

Book Overview

In Lionel Shriver's entertaining send-up of today's cult of exercise--which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life--an aging husband's sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable. After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that he's decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties who's never...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062328255
• ISBN13: 9780062328250
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"