The Poser: A Novel

by Jacob Rubin

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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"--
  • ISBN10 0670016764
  • ISBN13 9780670016761
  • Publish Date 30 April 2015 (first published 17 March 2015)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Viking Press Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 248
  • Language English