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Book SynopsisA deep, weird and uncanny tale —Sheila HetiA book to devour—Iain ReidSinister good fun —Lee Henderson
Gripping and unassumingly smart —Lauren Oyler A journalist with a history of bending the facts uncovers a story about a medical breakthrough so astonishing it needs no embellishment--but behind the game-changing science lies a gruesome secret.A respected byline in the culture pages of the venerable New York magazine
The Bystander, journalist Whitney Chase grapples with a mysterious compulsion to enhance her coverage with intriguing untruths and undetectable white lies. She calls it the creep--an overpowering need to improve the story in the telling. And she has a particular genius for getting away with it.
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Whitney yearns to transition from profiling rock stars and novelists to covering the stories that really matter. When a chance encounter brings h
