9798869129673 - The Pretender: True Colors de Frost, George E; Laura, Lexie (12 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Pretender is a fever-dream chase through identity, performance, and obsession, following the rise and fall of Julian, a man who never truly existed, yet lived a hundred lives.Julian is a chameleon: thief, lover, killer, performer. His genius lies not in disguise alone, but in invention. He slips through high society and seedy underworlds with equal ease. At times he is a doctor, a diplomat, a poet, a priest, or a lover too good to be true. Each persona is flawless. until the mask cracks, and when it does, someone dies.The story unfolds like opera staged as crime thriller, each act more elaborate than the last. Julian seduces, manipulates, and murders across continents, pursued by an international manhunt that cannot decide if he is monster or icon. To the media, he becomes myth: a queer outlaw both reviled and worshipped, a glittering criminal legend who turns every appearance into a performance.By the time the chase closes in, Julian has transformed himself into an anti-hero of operatic proportions. He throws one last masquerade, kills with theatrical flourish, then boards a train in drag, playing the role of a retired Broadway star. Even as the FBI tightens the net, he greets them with champagne, as if they are the audience to his final act.But The Pretender refuses certainty. In prison, Julian reinvents himself again, as a darling of inmates, a scam artist behind bars, a celebrity even in chains. His final "curtain call" leaves the reader staring into ambiguity: humming True Colors in his cell, smiling through a tear, he seems to be planning one last escape.Is he truly caught? Or is capture itself just another role?The Pretender is not just the story of a criminal. It is a meditation on spectacle, sexuality, and self-invention. a tango between glamour and violence, truth and theater. George E. Frost delivers a debut that asks the most dangerous question of all: How much of our lives are masks, and who are we when the curtain falls? A decadent, razor-edged thriller about Julian, a master of disguise whose life is a series of flawless performances, until the masks crack. Monster, myth, or legend? The Pretender blurs the line between truth, theater, and self-destruction. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Pretender is a fever-dream chase through identity, performance, and obsession, following the rise and fall of Julian, a man who never truly existed, yet lived a hundred lives.Julian is a chameleon: thief, lover, killer, performer. His genius lies not in disguise alone, but in invention. He slips through high society and seedy underworlds with equal ease. At times he is a doctor, a diplomat, a poet, a priest, or a lover too good to be true. Each persona is flawless. until the mask cracks, and when it does, someone dies.The story unfolds like opera staged as crime thriller, each act more elaborate than the last. Julian seduces, manipulates, and murders across continents, pursued by an international manhunt that cannot decide if he is monster or icon. To the media, he becomes myth: a queer outlaw both reviled and worshipped, a glittering criminal legend who turns every appearance into a performance.By the time the chase closes in, Julian has transformed himself into an anti-hero of operatic proportions. He throws one last masquerade, kills with theatrical flourish, then boards a train in drag, playing the role of a retired Broadway star. Even as the FBI tightens the net, he greets them with champagne, as if they are the audience to his final act.But The Pretender refuses certainty. In prison, Julian reinvents himself again, as a darling of inmates, a scam artist behind bars, a celebrity even in chains. His final 'curtain call' leaves the reader staring into ambiguity: humming True Colors in his cell, smiling through a tear, he seems to be planning one last escape.Is he truly caught Or is capture itself just another role The Pretender is not just the story of a criminal. It is a meditation on spectacle, sexuality, and self-invention. a tango between glamour and violence, truth and theater. George E. Frost delivers a debut that asks the most dangerous question of all: How much of our lives are masks, and who are we when the curtain falls.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. The Pretender | True Colors | George E Frost (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | 4Heartbeats Publishing | EAN 9798869129673 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.