Dec 21, 2009
Berger's interests in science fiction, popular culture, and the ordinary lives of middle-class Americans all come together in Changing the Past. A mysterious stranger claiming to work for a government agency gives an unhappy New Yorker a chance for a different identity. Walter Hunsicker, copy editor at a large publishing house, has been chosen because he is seemingly satisfied with his wife, son, and job. Walter is a variation on the copywriter of Being Invisible (1987), who can disappear at will but remains at the mercy of the forces raging around him.
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