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The Visible Man
New York Times bestselling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Downtown Owl, “the Ethicist” of the New York Times Magazine, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his second novel—an imaginative page-turner about a therapist and her unusual patient, a man who can render himself invisible.

Therapist Victoria Vick is contacted by a cryptic, unlikable man who insists his situation is unique and unfathomable. As he slowly reveals himself, Vick becomes convinced that he suffers from a complex set of delusions: Y__, as she refers to him, claims to be a scientist who has stolen cloaking technology from an aborted government project in order to render himself nearly invisible. He says he uses this ability to observe random individuals within their daily lives, usually when they are alone and vulnerable. Unsure of his motives or honesty, Vick becomes obsessed with her patient and the disclosure of his increasingly bizarre and disturbing tales. Over time, it threatens her career, her marriage, and her own identity.

Interspersed with notes, correspondence, and transcriptions that catalog a relationship based on curiosity and fear, The Visible Man touches on all of Chuck Klosterman’s favorite themes—the consequence of culture, the influence of media, the complexity of voyeurism, and the existential contradiction of normalcy. Is this comedy, criticism, or horror? Not even Y__ seems to know for sure.
I Wear the Black Hat

I Wear the Black Hat

Chuck Klosterman

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I Wear the Black Hat

I Wear the Black Hat

Chuck Klosterman

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The Visible Man

The Visible Man

Chuck Klosterman

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4,8,15,16,23,42

4,8,15,16,23,42

Chuck Klosterman

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The Passion of the Garth

The Passion of the Garth

Chuck Klosterman

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Chuck Klosterman on Sports

Chuck Klosterman on Sports

Chuck Klosterman

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I Do Not Hate the Olympics

I Do Not Hate the Olympics

Chuck Klosterman

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Chuck Klosterman

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FAIL

FAIL

Chuck Klosterman

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Don't Look Back in Anger

Don't Look Back in Anger

Chuck Klosterman

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Can I Tell You Something Weird?

Can I Tell You Something Weird?

Chuck Klosterman

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The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise's Shattered, Troll-like Face

The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise's Shattered, Troll-like Face

Chuck Klosterman

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Billy Sim

Billy Sim

Chuck Klosterman

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Television

Television

Chuck Klosterman

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Local Clairvoyants Split Over Future

Local Clairvoyants Split Over Future

Chuck Klosterman

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Viva Morrissey!

Viva Morrissey!

Chuck Klosterman

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33: Celtics vs. Lakers

33: Celtics vs. Lakers

Chuck Klosterman

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Tomorrow Rarely Knows

Tomorrow Rarely Knows

Chuck Klosterman

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

Chuck Klosterman

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"Ha ha," he said. "Ha ha."

"Ha ha," he said. "Ha ha."

Chuck Klosterman

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I Wanna Get Free

I Wanna Get Free

Chuck Klosterman

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Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth

Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth

Chuck Klosterman

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Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old"

Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old"

Chuck Klosterman

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Through a Glass, Blindly

Through a Glass, Blindly

Chuck Klosterman

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ABBA 1, World 0

ABBA 1, World 0

Chuck Klosterman

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T Is for True

T Is for True

Chuck Klosterman

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Nemesis

Nemesis

Chuck Klosterman

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I Wanna Get Free

I Wanna Get Free

Chuck Klosterman

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Not Guilty

Not Guilty

Chuck Klosterman

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The Lady or the Tiger

The Lady or the Tiger

Chuck Klosterman

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Bending Spoons with Britney Spears

Bending Spoons with Britney Spears

Chuck Klosterman

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Ten Seconds to Love

Ten Seconds to Love

Chuck Klosterman

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"The Best Response"

"The Best Response"

Chuck Klosterman

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All I Know Is What I Read in the Papers

All I Know Is What I Read in the Papers

Chuck Klosterman

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This Is Zodiac Speaking

This Is Zodiac Speaking

Chuck Klosterman

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Five Interesting Corpses

Five Interesting Corpses

Chuck Klosterman

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Something Instead of Nothing

Something Instead of Nothing

Chuck Klosterman

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FAIL

FAIL

Chuck Klosterman

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Pong x Infinity

Pong x Infinity

Chuck Klosterman

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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

Chuck Klosterman

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The Led Zeppelin Essays

The Led Zeppelin Essays

Chuck Klosterman

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George Will vs. Nick Hornby

George Will vs. Nick Hornby

Chuck Klosterman

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Bonds vs. America

Bonds vs. America

Chuck Klosterman

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"The Best Response"

"The Best Response"

Chuck Klosterman

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Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society

Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society

Chuck Klosterman

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Unbuttoning the Hardest Button to Button

Unbuttoning the Hardest Button to Button

Chuck Klosterman

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Pong x Infinity

Pong x Infinity

Chuck Klosterman

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This Is Zodiac Speaking

This Is Zodiac Speaking

Chuck Klosterman

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Three Stories Involving Pants

Three Stories Involving Pants

Chuck Klosterman

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Singularity

Singularity

Chuck Klosterman

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What Happens When People Stop Being Polite

What Happens When People Stop Being Polite

Chuck Klosterman

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Debriefing Agent Zero

Debriefing Agent Zero

Chuck Klosterman

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Mysterious Days

Mysterious Days

Chuck Klosterman

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No More Knives

No More Knives

Chuck Klosterman

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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

Chuck Klosterman

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Toby over Moby

Toby over Moby

Chuck Klosterman

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It Will Shock You How Much It Never Happened

It Will Shock You How Much It Never Happened

Chuck Klosterman

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Dude Rocks Like a Lady

Dude Rocks Like a Lady

Chuck Klosterman

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Ten Seconds to Love

Ten Seconds to Love

Chuck Klosterman

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Certain Rock Bands You Probably Like

Certain Rock Bands You Probably Like

Chuck Klosterman

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Pirates

Pirates

Chuck Klosterman

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This Is Emo

This Is Emo

Chuck Klosterman

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Football

Football

Chuck Klosterman

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Fargo Rock City, for Real

Fargo Rock City, for Real

Chuck Klosterman

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Bonds vs. America

Bonds vs. America

Chuck Klosterman

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33: Celtics vs. Lakers

33: Celtics vs. Lakers

Chuck Klosterman

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Debriefing Agent Zero

Debriefing Agent Zero

Chuck Klosterman

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Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old"

Super Bowl XL: "When Blogging Was Young, We Were Already Old"

Chuck Klosterman

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George Will vs. Nick Hornby

George Will vs. Nick Hornby

Chuck Klosterman

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Can I Tell You Something Weird?

Can I Tell You Something Weird?

Chuck Klosterman

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Chuck Klosterman on Sports

Chuck Klosterman on Sports

Chuck Klosterman

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I Do Not Hate the Olympics

I Do Not Hate the Olympics

Chuck Klosterman

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The Karl Marx of the Hardwood

The Karl Marx of the Hardwood

Chuck Klosterman

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

Chuck Klosterman

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Football

Football

Chuck Klosterman

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Toby over Moby

Toby over Moby

Chuck Klosterman

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The Led Zeppelin Essays

The Led Zeppelin Essays

Chuck Klosterman

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ABBA 1, World 0

ABBA 1, World 0

Chuck Klosterman

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The American Radiohead

The American Radiohead

Chuck Klosterman

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This Is Emo

This Is Emo

Chuck Klosterman

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The Amazing McNugget Diet

The Amazing McNugget Diet

Chuck Klosterman

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Billy Sim

Billy Sim

Chuck Klosterman

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Television

Television

Chuck Klosterman

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Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture

Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture

Chuck Klosterman

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Nemesis

Nemesis

Chuck Klosterman

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Super People

Super People

Chuck Klosterman

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Pirates

Pirates

Chuck Klosterman

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Chuck Klosterman

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Porn

Porn

Chuck Klosterman

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It Will Shock You How Much It Never Happened

It Will Shock You How Much It Never Happened

Chuck Klosterman

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Chuck Klosterman on Rock

Chuck Klosterman on Rock

Chuck Klosterman

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Appetite for Replication

Appetite for Replication

Chuck Klosterman

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The Jack Factor

The Jack Factor

Chuck Klosterman

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That '70s Cruise

That '70s Cruise

Chuck Klosterman

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Band on the Couch

Band on the Couch

Chuck Klosterman

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Fargo Rock City, for Real

Fargo Rock City, for Real

Chuck Klosterman

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Oh, the Guilt

Oh, the Guilt

Chuck Klosterman

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Dude Rocks Like a Lady

Dude Rocks Like a Lady

Chuck Klosterman

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The Billy Joel Essays

The Billy Joel Essays

Chuck Klosterman

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