# The Double

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- Authors: [José Saramago](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2017-03-02

## Description

Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double and sets in motion a train of events that he cannot control. Saramago's novel explores the nature of individuality and examines the fear and insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat, when even a wife cannot tell the original from the imposter...

## Editions

### The Double

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9946-165-4
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Language: en_GB