Your Face Tomorrow. Volume 1. Fever and Spear: Javier Marias

`I am myself my own fever and pain`
Jacques Deza has been told he has a gift: he can see through people; guess just from their faces what will become of them. When he encounters the enigmatic Bertram Tupra at a party, Deza is persuaded to join a mysterious underground group. His task: to observe an assortment of people - politicians, celebrities, seemingly ordinary citizens - and predict their next move. But where will Deza`s descent into this twilight world eventually take him? The first part of Javier Marias` masterly trilogy asks how well we truly know and understand those around us.