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Homophobic religious fanatics devise a plague to make men violently allergic to each other. Willa marsh is the pseudonym of marcia willett, who has written several books for headline which have been published with great success. In skin on my skin, extreme introverts survive after a plague makes mankind deathly allergic to each other. Harpercollins published that book in 1995, and scott followed it with another novel, in awe, in 1997. And in this tiltawhirl of a psychological thriller, shes at the top of her game. Mysterious skin has so many different characters, memorable quotes, and mindboggling descriptions that i couldnt put it down.
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