Издания и произведения

"Человек-змея". "Человек-хамелеон". Мальчишка из провинциального американского городка, страдающий уникальным психическим расстройством - отсутствием собственной личности. Однако проклятие становится даром - ведь отсутствие личности собственной идет у него рука об руку со способностью в совершенстве вживаться в личности чужие. Опасная способность. Способность, за которую в мире криминала платят большие деньги. Путь наверх "человека-змеи" начинается.

John Vincent Dolan is a talented young forger with a proclivity for mathematics and drug addiction. In the face of his impending institutionalization, he continually reinvents himself to escape the legal and mental health authorities and to save himself from a life of incarceration. But running turns out to be costly. Vincent's clients in the L.A. underworld lose patience, the hospital evaluator may not be fooled by his story, and the only person in as much danger as himself is the woman who knows his real name.

Clevenger has produced an utterly persuasive and compelling novel, combining the zest and enthusiasm of a new voice with the craft and the guile of a veteran. Following a near fatal overdose of painkillers, Daniel Fletcher is resuscitated in a Los Angeles emergency room and detained for psychiatric evaluation. Through a series of questions and tests, the psychiatrist must ascertain whether the patient intended to kill himself or whether he can walk free. What the psychiatrist doesn’t know is that Daniel Fletcher is actually John “Johnny” Dolan Vincent, a brilliant young forger who continually changes his identity to save himself from a…