The poser : a novel
Rubin, Jacob2016
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All his life, Giovanni Bernini has possessed an uncanny gift: he can imitate anyone he meets. Honed by his mother at a young age, the talent catapults him from small-town obscurity to stardom. As Giovanni describes it, "No one's disguise is perfect. There is in every person, no matter how graceful, a seam, a thread curling out of them...when pulled by the right hands, it will unravel the person entire." As his fame grows, Giovanni encounters a beautiful and enigmatic stage singer, Lucy Starlight - the only person whose thread he cannot find - and becomes increasingly trapped inside his many poses. Ultimately, he must assume the one identity he has never been able to master: his own.
Main title:
The poser : a novel / Jacob Rubin.
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Imprint:
New York : Penguin Books, 2016.New York : Penguin Books, 2016.
Collation:
256 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Viking, 2015.
ISBN:
9780143107958 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1497435