Patrick McGrath · 1998
- What it is
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It closes in on you · it gets under your skin
- Genre
- Literary
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The walls come in on you · something is lurking
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 1986
It closes in on you · with fire in it
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Lionel Shriver · 2003
It gets under your skin
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