Someone Else by Adriana Hunter

Someone Else by Adriana Hunter

"Breathless pace. Touches effortlessly on identity, love, alcohol, and the cynicism of the business world."--Les Echos

Who hasn't wanted to become "someone else"? Over a drink in Paris, two men give each other three years to see which one can more radically alter his life. Blin becomes a private detective. He takes on a new identity, even a surgically altered face. Gredzinski, a self-effacing corporate executive, discovers liquor that evening and rapidly yields to the sensuality and self-confidence induced by alcoholism. Things get complicated when Blin is hired by an ex-lover to find himself and when Gredzinski secretly follows his girlfriend to her home. A helter-skelter tale of humor and suspense.

Winner of the literary prize RTL-Lire.

The author keeps up a breathless pace, touching effortlessly on identity, love, alcohol, old age, the cynicism of the business world, friendshipA great novel that would make a great film' Les Echos Someone Else won the literary prize RTL-Lire in 2002. 'A high-wire act that plays hide and seek with appearances. Benacquista is a wonderful novelist. A book to be celebrated.' Le Point 'Impeccable writing, tight rhythm, the novel offers a fresh view of the ruthless corporate world, identity and voyeurism. Humour, tenderness, despair: without doubt Benacquista's best.' L'Express

After being, in turn, a museum night-watchman, a train guard on the Paris-Rome line and a professional parasite on the Paris cocktail circuit, Benacquista is now a highly successful author of fiction and film scripts. In 2004 Bitter Lemon Press introduced him to English speaking readers with the critically acclaimed novel Holy Smoke. Adriana Hunter's work has included Catherine Millet's The Sexual Life of Catherine M. and Holy Smoke, Benacquista's debut novel in English.

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ISBN 13	9781904738121
ISBN 10	1904738125
Title	Someone Else
Author	Adriana Hunter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bitter Lemon Press
Year published	2005-01-09
Number of pages	305
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.