num_pages: 128
description: Jan. 1986 Bantam mass market paperback, 21st printing. Jerzy Kosinski (The Painted Bird). The story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges from nowhere to become an heir to the throne of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary. But though everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying. And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. - Amazon
language: English
title: Being There
titlecomplete: Being There
characters: Chauncey Gardiner-Chance
genres: Fiction, Politics, Philosophy, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 13261
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novella
publisher: Bantam