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He recounts the return of poor Chicago journalist at the scene of his traumatic childhood, Wind Gap, a small rural town sclerotic, to cover the exclusive tragic events that could allow him to take off his career and reputation his newspaper. A girl has just disappeared 9 months after another was found strangled, all teeth pulled. Hours later, the lifeless body of the missing is found, which suffered the same damage.

More than the police investigation, which did not advance, On My Skin is essentially concerned with two aspects. First, describe the stifling atmosphere and ordinary violence in the city (and its inhabitants) while Camille Preaker journalist, is facing the demons of his past through his reunion with his parents, disturbing half-sister, his old friends, etc. Furthermore, we delve into mental confusion and distress of the (anti) -héroïne, alcoholic, fragile, psychologically devastated and that his return to the scene of his childhood threatens to irreversibly screw up (unless it could finish the save?)

His skin, she began to mutilate by etching words all over her body following the mysterious death of her sister when she was 13 years old, begins to pulsate increasingly hard over the pages, itches, yells him to get lacerate, even while a wall of silence and secrecy seems to cover recent events and personal history, which may well be tragically linked.

Portrait sharp if not immensely subtle or novel of a small town on the edge of disaster, closed in on itself, with no control over her cruel and disenchanted youth, portrait of a woman deeply hurt and marked Sur Ma Peau n It is absolutely not a breathless thriller but nonetheless a very good novel atmosphere.