Hubert Haddad
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- HADDAD, Hubert
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- 1947-01-01
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Desirable Body is a novel about the first ever full body transplant. Investigative journalist Cedric Erg suffers a horrific boat accident that leaves him dead from the neck down. His estranged father intervenes and arranges for an experimental transplant to be conducted, grafting his son's head onto the body of a brain-dead man.
The operation seems successful, but Cedric finds himself in a tussle with his own body; will his brain be able to take control of all of these foreign organs? He also finds himself facing existential questions, such as the fact that any children he has will have the donor's genes, not his. What does it mean to live like this?
There is potential for a really great novel in this idea, but I'm afraid that Haddad doesn't get there. His approach is a bit lightweight and even silly, with many unexplored and underdeveloped plot lines and a clumsy resolution.… (mehr)