Famous

Resumen del libro

Famous is the darkly funny standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the bestselling author of Dark Matter, for fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz Meet Lance. -years-old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser.Except for one glaring exception . . . he has a million-dollar face. Lance has been mistaken twenty-eight times for the Oscar-winning movie star, James Jansen, and for the last years, hes saved his money, studied Jansens films, his moves, his idiosyncrasies, even the way he speaks. Now, after an unceremonious termination from his job, Lance has decided that the time has come to go after his dream.From New Yorks ridiculous avant-garde, off-off Broadway scene, to the surreal glitter of Los Angeles, follow Lance on his madcap journey of self-abandonment to become his likeness. Part comedy, part human tragedy, and part suspense, the world through the eyes of Lancelot Blue Dunkquist is like none youve ever seen.

Biografía del autor

Blake Crouch nació en Carolina del Norte en 1978 y se licenció en Filología Inglesa y Escritura Creativa. Es autor de una docena de libros, entre los que destaca especialmente Materia oscura (Nocturna, 2017), que se vendió en subastas a una veintena de idiomas y cuya adaptación televisiva realizó Apple+. También ha publicado la novela Recursión (Nocturna, 2020), en cuya adaptación están trabajando Shonda Rhimes y Matt Reeves para Netflix, y Actualización (Nocturna, 2024), que Amblin Partners llevará al cine.