Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

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Double Star

Author:	Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher:	Gollancz, 2013 Astounding Science Fiction (Analog), 1956
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Book Type:	Novel
Genre:	Science-Fiction
Sub-Genre Tags:	Human Development Light/Humorous SF Near-Future
Awards:	1956 Hugo Winner
Lists:	SF Masterworks Locus Best SF Novels of All-Time The Classics of Science Fiction WWEnd Top Listed Books The Defining Science Fiction Books of the 1950s
Links:	GMRC Review: Double Star
Avg Member Rating:	(425 reads / 207 ratings)
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Synopsis

One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars.

Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the Martians was at stake -- failure to pull off the act could result in interplanetary war. And Smythe's own life was on the line -- for if he wasn't assassinated, there was always the possibility that he might be trapped in his new role forever!