The Liar

"A brilliant fable about the lure of lying and the lure of fame. The writing is wonderful." —Joan Silber, National Book Critics Circle and PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of ImprovementFrom the award-winning author of Waking Lions, a provocative novel about how one mistake can have a thousand consequencesNofar is an average teenage girl—-so average, in fact, that she's almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is desperate for some kind of escape.But one afternoon, a terrible lie slips from her tongue. And suddenly everyone wants to talk to her: the press, her schoolmates, and even the boy upstairs. He is the only one who knows the truth, and he is demanding a price for his silence.Then Nofar meets Raymonde, an elderly immigrant whose best friend has just died. Raymonde keeps her friend alive the only way she knows how, by inhabiting her...