The celebrated literary memoir and chronicle of one man's search for
the elusive gift of authenticity.
Troubled by the lack of substance in contemporary life, Richard Todd
suspects that much of what we experience is false. In this unique
pursuit of the genuine, Todd examines his search for authenticity in
places and objects, in politics and ideas, and in ourselves, and
recounts his efforts to understand the desire to be a real person in a
real world.