{"product_id":"the-poser-9780143107958","title":"The Poser","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jacob Rubin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNamed one of the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post's\u003c\/i\u003e 2015 Books We Can't Wait To Read \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smart and absorbing. . . . Echoes of Steven Millhauser and Tom McCarthy. . . . Probing, witty.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A masterful debut . . . delivered with vaudeville verve.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Darkly funny. . . . A deeply sensitive exploration into matters of identity and authenticity.\" --\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Poser\u003c\/i\u003e is smart and grand and funny, a wonderful fable. Mr. Rubin is a great hope for comic fiction in the 21st century. He's got the spirit and the ear.\" --Sam Lipsyte \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true self\u003cp\u003eAll 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the vein of Jonathan Lethem's and Kevin Wilson's playful surrealism, Jacob Rubin's \u003ci\u003eThe Poser\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut of a major literary voice, a masterfully written, deeply original comic novel, and the moving story of a man who must risk everything for the chance to save his life and know true love.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408447594647,"sku":"9780143107958","price":1908.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143107958.webp?v=1767149217","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-poser-9780143107958","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}