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Being There (1971), is the third novel by Jerzy Kosinski (1933 - 1991).

It is really a novella rather than a novel, since you can read it in less
time that it takes to watch the 1979 film starring Peter Sellers (his last
film to be released while he was alive), Shirley MacLain and Melvyn Douglas.

Being There, one of Kosinksi's most popular works, is the story of
Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges
from nowhere to become an heir to a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential
policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's
straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary.

Although everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying.
And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. Being There
is a brilliantly satiric look at the unreality of American media culture
that is, if anything, more trenchant now than when the book first appeared.

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