The Poser: A Novel

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A hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true selfAll
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.In the vein of Jonathan Lethem’s and Kevin Wilson’s playful surrealism, Jacob Rubin’s The Poser
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.