Five-star stranger: a novel
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Cary Regional - Adult Fiction
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
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Published:
New York : Scribner, 2024.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781668050149, 1668050145, 9781668050149
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Description
This novel "revolves around a New York City gig worker who offers his services on an app called Rental Stranger. The 20-something narrator, known only as Stranger, takes on such roles as mourner at a funeral, best man at a wedding, and wingman for a pickup artist. Each time out, he strives to make his clients happy enough to give him a five-star review, and his peculiar backstory explains his diligence: after his mother's death 10 years earlier, he found purpose by visiting his nine-year-old neighbor Lily once a week and pretending to be her father (the real father doesn't know Lily exists). Stranger, who is still pretending to be Lily's dad, divulges this secret to a woman who hires him to help develop her novel-in-progress by playing one of the characters and peppers him with questions about his work"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Tang, K. (2024). Five-star stranger: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tang, Kat. 2024. Five-star Stranger: A Novel. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tang, Kat, Five-star Stranger: A Novel. Scribner, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tang, Kat. Five-star Stranger: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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