**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION** **What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?** Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at
The Poser
โ Scribed by Jacob Rubin
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Viking Adult
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0698143736
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โฆ Synopsis
โข **Named one of the Huffington Post's 2015 Books We Can't Wait To Read **โข
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"Smart and absorbing. . . . Echoes of Steven Millhauser and Tom McCarthy. . . . Probing, witty." --The New York Times Book Review
"A masterful debut . . . delivered with vaudeville verve." --The Washington Post
"Darkly funny. . . . A deeply sensitive exploration into matters of identity and authenticity." --Associated Press
"The Poser 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
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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...
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