The Autograph Man |
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Author:
| Smith, Zadie |
Series title: | Popular Penguins Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-356651-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. He hunts for them, collects them, sells them, occasionally fakes them - all to give the people what they want - a little piece of Fame. An existential tour around the hollow things of modernity - celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. Unlike his generation, Alex-Li is on his way to finding enlightenment, otherwise known as some part of himself that cannot be signed, celebrated or sold.
Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. He hunts for them, collects them, sells them, occasionally fakes them - all to give the people what they want - a little piece of Fame. An existential tour around the hollow things of modernity - celebrity, cinema, and the ugly triumph of symbol over experience. Unlike his generation, Alex-Li is on his way to finding enlightenment, otherwise known as some part of himself that cannot be signed, celebrated or sold.