The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade

Herman Melville

304 pages first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. The con artist assumes numerous identities -- a disabled beggar, a charity fund...

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