Proper Imposters: Four Novellas (1)

By: null Chaya Bhuvaneswar and null Mauricio Montiel Figueiras and null Jason Ockert and null Jeff Parker

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Synopsis: Distributed by University Press of Florida on behalf of Panhandler Books, an imprint of the Department of English and World Languages at the University of West Florida In Proper Imposters, four contemporary authors explore the vices and virtues of deception and how it manifests in ways personal, psychological, propulsive, and profound. An accountant at a pencil manufacturing company investigates a series of ominous events behind the facade of the mysterious company where he works; from their deathbeds, fictionalized versions of Nikolai Gogol and Edgar Allen Poe look back on their lives and remember an epic, transformational, and ahistorical road trip they took together as young men; a young woman is startled into action trying to execute “a simple plan” of escape involving cash, a sleep-over by her college roommate and the bold seduction of a boy she has decided to lose her virginity to; and, a reclusive night-shift worker tries a daring weight-loss experiment only to find himself pursued by a stalker no one else can see. Montiel Figueiras, Parker, Bhuvaneswar, and Ockert are devotees and virtuosos of the form, and each novella is lyrically rich in its prose and swift in its plotting. Together, the novellas startle with the consequences of seeing and being seen.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 206 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780991640492
Related ISBNs:: 9780991640485
Publisher:: Panhandler Books
Date of Addition:: 01/28/25
Copyrighted By:: Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Mauricio Montiel Figueiras, Jason Ockert, and Jeff Parker
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.