{"product_id":"the-fabulist-the-lying-hustling-grifting-stealing-and-very-american-legend-of-george-santos-mark-chiusano","title":"The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos;  Mark Chiusano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerica has grown used to larger-than-life politicians: Teflon Don, AOC, MTG, Dark Brandon, and all the rest have injected DC politics with an unmistakable edge of celebrity flair and tabloid intrigue. Yet in 2022, a new player on the national scene outshone them all. George Anthony Devolder Santos, and his revolving door of pseudonyms, shed glaring new light on how far we’d all let our politics slide as his claimed resume was shred to bits in the wake of a longshot run to office from New York’s 3rd Congressional District.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Wall Street gigs to an amateur volleyball career, from embellished claims of Jewish heritage to a fabricated 9\/11 story involving his mother’s death, Santos’s legend continued to grow as his web of lies evaporated in real time. And the only thing wilder than this charlatan embedding himself in the warm, consequence-evading arms of our nation’s capital was the Queens con artist’s refusal to bow his head in shame. The Santos show continues, as he joins the ranks of high-wattage fakers like Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewsday alum and PEN\/Hemingway honoree Mark Chiusano tells the full (well, as full as can be given the subject) story of Santos here for the first time. From humble years spent in Brazil, to glamorous nights on the west side of Manhattan, to the stunning small-time scams employed to ease his slippery climb up the American society ladder, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fabulist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells a story you’ll have to read for yourself to believe…and even then, it’s George Santos, so who’s to say for sure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining the very best of boots-on-the-ground journalism, dishy backroom dealings, and glittery details about Gold Coast mansions and bodice-baring drag shows that’d feel just as at home in your next summer beach read, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fabulist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is truly stranger than fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovember 28, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--medium TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eMark Chiusano started covering George Santos in 2019 as a columnist and editorial writer at Newsday. His story collection Marine Park received a PEN\/Hemingway Award honorable mention in 2015. His writing has appeared in places like The Atlantic, Time, The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, The Drift, and Guernica, and he teaches at CUNY City Tech. He lives in his native Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268899959106,"sku":null,"price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/fabulist.jpg?v=1773154878","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-fabulist-the-lying-hustling-grifting-stealing-and-very-american-legend-of-george-santos-mark-chiusano","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}