{"product_id":"2940170214976","title":"The Poser: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100624994544,"sku":"2940170214976","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170214976_p0.jpg?v=1763705666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170214976","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}