Title: The poser
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"--
Subjects: Impersonation, FICTION, Humorous stories, Secrets, Fiction, Literary, Imitation, Singers, Self-actualization (Psychology), General, Identity, Fiction, psychological, Singers, fiction, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, general, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / General, New York Times reviewed, Psychological fiction