Beneath the Skin : Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1990) The counsel general takes it

The counsel general takes it upon himself to reunite the two siblings

Devised to offer comprehensive coverage for a short course in marketing

His gentle guidance helps to eliminate defeatist attitudes

To achieve that level of mastery over change

for as one reads the poems

Beneath the Skin : Love Letters to the Body by Great Writers Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1990) The counsel general takes itBuried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; A. L. Kennedy explores the nose's striking ability to conjure memories; and Philip Kerr