Christopher Sorrentino

novelist and short story writer

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American novelist and short story writer of Italian and Puerto Rican descent. 

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The characters of Christopher Sorrentino's novel are unreliable narrators. They're liars who hide the truth, not only from themselves but ultimately from the reader.

Christopher Sorrentino: The Fugitives

The characters of Christopher Sorrentino's novel are unreliable narrators. They're liars who hide the truth, not only from themselves but ultimately from the reader.

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