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John Haskell

Out of My Skin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) An existential novel (think Camus’ The Stranger) LA-style. When a celebrity impersonator trains the hero in the art of impersonation, identity confusion ensues...

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By Michael Silverblatt • Mar 5, 2009 • 30m Listen

Out of My Skin

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

An existential novel (think Camus’ The Stranger) LA-style. When a celebrity impersonator trains the hero (named Jack Haskell, strangely enough) in the art of impersonation, identity confusion ensues. The real John Haskell on the subject of finding the true self.

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Out of My Skin (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) An existential novel (think Camus’ The Stranger) LA-style. When a celebrity impersonator trains the hero in the art of impersonation, identity confusion ensues...
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Michael Silverblatt
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