First published 2002
A divorced, depressed history teacher becomes fixated on a stranger who's his spitting image. As he tracks the mysterious doppelgänger, the teacher's grip on sanity slips – and his obsession threatens to consume him. At the heart of this psychological thriller lies a profound reflection on identity, isolation, and the human need to belong.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century
324 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt