The poser
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jacob Rubin
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780670016761
Subjects: Impersonation; FICTION; Humorous stories; Secrets; Fiction; Literary; Imitation; Singers; Self-actualization (Psychology); General; Identity
Description: "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"--