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First person / Richard Flanagan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525520023 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 351 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Subject: | Criminals > Fiction. Ghostwriting > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Flana | 31681010093458 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A down-on-his-luck ghost writer penning the memoirs of a notorious con man in the six weeks before the latter's trial for a $700 million heist begins to experience a chilling psychological downward spiral that makes him question his perceptions of the truth. - Baker & Taylor
A down-on-his-luck ghost writer penning the memoirs of a notorious con man in the six weeks before the latter's trial for a $700 million heist begins to experience a chilling psychological downward spiral that makes him question his perceptions of the truth. By the award-winning author ofThe Narrow Road to the Deep North . - Baker & Taylor
"From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined. Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl offers Kehlmann the job of ghost-writing his memoir. Hehas six weeks to write the book, for which he'll be paid $10,000. But as the writing gets under way, Kehlmann begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghost writing a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him--his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Siegfried Heidl--and who is Kif Kehlmann? As time runs out, as Kehlmann's world feels it is hurtling towards a catharsis, one question looms above all others: what is the truth? By turns compelling, comic, and chilling, this is a haunting journey into the heart of our age"-- - Random House, Inc.
Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, thinks heâs finally caught a break when heâs offered $10,000 to ghostwrite the memoir of Siegfried âZiggyâ Heidl, the notorious con man and corporate criminal. Ziggy is about to go to trial for defrauding banks for $700 million; they have six weeks to write the book.
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But Ziggy swiftly proves almost impossible to work with: evasive, contradictory, and easily distracted by his still-running âbusiness concernsââwhich Kif worries may involve hiring hitmen from their shared office. Worse, Kif finds himself being pulled into an odd, hypnotic, and ever-closer orbit of all things Ziggy. As the deadline draws near, Kif becomes increasingly unsure if he is ghostwriting a memoir, or if Ziggy is rewriting himâhis life, his future, and the very nature of the truth.
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By turns comic, compelling, and finally chilling, First Person is a haunting look at an age where fact is indistinguishable from fiction, and freedom is traded for a false idea of progress.
