Doubles
by Robert Polito
University of Chicago Press, 1995
Cloth: 978-0-226-67337-0 | Paper: 978-0-226-67338-7
Library of Congress Classification PS3566.O474D68 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.54
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Doubles is at once tough-minded and urbane, veering from lyricism to street slang, oscillating with the beat of the American city. As his title suggests, Polito's world is one of doubling, simulation, impersonation, and mimicry—a shrewd vision of urban life.
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