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   Henry Cato just wants to belong. Born to a mother who saw the world as a series of stains to be scrubbed clean — and Henry as the deepest stain of all — he nurtures a secret obsession in the dark, something shameful and beautiful that sets him apart from everything and everyone he knows.

When he finally runs, he runs hard: from Kansas to San Francisco to the gritty industrial playground of New York City's Meatpacking District, chasing belonging through cult stardom, reinvention, and the constant threat of losing himself entirely. The question is whether the boy who always felt like a forgery can survive long enough to become something real.