Today's edition of getting the suck out of Monday's goes the non-fiction route. Normally I'm not into reading non-fiction (watching it, sure, I'm totally addicted to the Discovery Channel) but when I heard Chris Barton reading sections from Can I See Your I.D.? I was sold. Check it out.
From the impoverished young woman who enchanted nineteenth-century British society as a faux Asian princess, to the sixteen-year-old boy who "stole" a subway train in 1993, to the lonely-but-clever Frank Abagnale of Catch Me If You Can fame, these ten vignettes offer exhilarating insight into mind-blowing masquerades. Graphic panels draw you into the exploits of these pretenders, and meticulously researched details keep you on the edge of your seat. Each scene is presented in the second person, a unique point of view that literally places you inside the faker's mind. With motivations that include survival, delusion, and plain old-fashioned greed, the psychology of deception has never been so fascinating or so close at hand.
So, what do you think? Sound like something you might like to try? Don't be scared off by the non-fictioniness, because these stories are really awesome reads. To enter to win this signed copy, just comment or tell me about one time where you pretended to be someone or something else.
Hugs,
TLC
