Description: A love affair based on a case of mistaken identity is set in an impeccable re-creation of 19th-century London.
Brief description: Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas and London, where he now lives. He teaches at the University of London. He contributes to the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, the Times Literary Supplement, and others.
Review Quotes: Imposture is the best-written novel of its kind since Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower, and I was thrilled by the way it moved and developed, shining a light into the dark corners of the Romantic period as well as into the life of one man and his dreams of selfhood. It's a beautiful piece of work.--Andrew O'Hagan, author of Our Fathers