Jonathan Mcaloon

The fitness fetish: The Motion of the Body Through Space, by Lionel Shriver, reviewed

Just when Serenata is forced to abandon her life of compulsive exercise, her formerly sedentary husband decides to run a marathon

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  • The Motion of the Body Through Space

    Lionel Shriver

    The Borough Press, pp. 352, £16

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