# The Double

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- Book: [The Double](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-double) ([The Double.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago/the-double.md))
- Authors: [José Saramago](https://www.bookquiver.com/jose-saramago)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: Margaret Jull Costa
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4811-493-1
- Published: 2013-09-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## 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...