First published 1987
Mark Costello sits at his desk, confronting the strange task of writing about himself. The author becomes his own subject, turning the lens inward to examine the contradictions of a life spent putting words on paper. Costello wrestles with questions of authenticity and self-representation as he navigates between the person he is and the person his writing creates. The boundaries between author and character blur as he considers his relationships, his work, and the gap between private experience and public persona. At its heart, this is a book about the difficulty of knowing oneself and the even greater challenge of translating that knowledge into honest prose.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, autobiography, contemporary, biography-memoir, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: intimate, reflective, thought-provoking
Tropes: meta-fiction, unreliable-narrator
Period: 21st-century
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