Face Thief

Eli Gottlieb's New York Times Notable Book, The Boy Who Went Away, won the Rome Prize and the 1998 McKitterick Prize from the British Society of Authors. His second novel, Now You See Him, has been translated into eleven languages. He lives in New York City.

Psychological depth and mystery cast in great sentences: the result is a suspenseful, beautifully achieved example of what happens when a serious novelist wants us to keep turning the pages -- Francine Prose A dark libido animates this novel that can't be resisted -- Walter Kirn A sublime thriller ... an elegant and profound novel of memory, perception and reinvention Salon.com One of the most stunningly written psychological thrillers of the year so far; an intriguing, cautionary tale of what happens when we only see what we want to see Sunday Express Wonderful ... angular, super-realist noir, its meticulous prose a savage delight Guardian