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The Confidence-Man - Herman Melville - On April Fools Day in 1856 a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses hypocrisies and self-delusions of his fellow passengers The con artist assumes numerous identities a disabled beggar a charity fundraiser a successful businessman an urbane gentleman to win over his not-entirely-innocent dupes The central characters shifting identities as fluid as the river itself ref...Seguir leyendo