{"product_id":"about-face-paperback","title":"About Face - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Giraldi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvoking such classics as \u003cem\u003eElmer Gantry\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Day of the Locust, \u003c\/em\u003e William Giraldi's \u003cem\u003eAbout Face\u003c\/em\u003e boldly transfers the perennial literary themes of celebrity, ambition, and obsession to twenty-first-century Boston. There we meet Val Face, a charismatic self-help guru who captivates multitudes with his uncanny ability to heal adherents using only the power of his words, the mysterious touch of his hands, and the transcendent beauty of his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssigned to write a profile of Val Face during his much-hyped New England tour, thirty-year-old impoverished journalist Seger Jovi pens a brutal hatchet job. But Seger, at once curious and incredulous, is soon sucked into the mystic's vortex of fame, becoming a devotee himself as he contends with the machinations and absurdities of Face's many protectors, from beefcake bodyguards to helicoptering handlers to Face's unwavering spouse, Nimble. At first unwilling to sacrifice his principles to fulfill his own ambition and rise from privation, then touched by Face's unexpected humanity, Seger oscillates between acting as Face's cynical foil and becoming his unlikely ally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the exalted guru appears to be reaching the apex of his powers, danger threatens from the periphery in the form of an obsessive stalker who wants Face dead. To curb this stalker before he can do harm, Face's security team enlists the aid of Jackie Jaworski, an ex-Marine and resourceful Boston detective who moonlights as a novelist of thrillers. And so \u003cem\u003eAbout Face\u003c\/em\u003e, building to a denouement that will astonish readers, takes us into the convergence of violence and fame that has come to define so much of American popular culture over the last half-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its indelible array of characters, hypnotic pacing, and shocking conclusion--and \"a mesmerizing prose style that is downright pyrotechnic in its brilliance\" (Andre Dubus III)--\u003cem\u003eAbout Face\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel in the grand tradition that dances along the tenuous line between the sacred and the profane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696886124607,"sku":"9781324094128","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/405f6c1022b0cfd7b7c534ab2702efff.webp?v=1765007646","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/about-face-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}