Lionel Shriver is sharp! The fitness industry as a fundamentalist church: it may have been laid on a bit thick at times and yet... . Nor is this the most controversial of the views expressed (without, however, the sense of just being out to shock). Nor are the characters easy to warm to: Serenata's scornful solitariness may be a tad close to home (!) and, for much of the book, Remington is a bit of an arse. Damned if I could put it down, though!