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''[[Double Star]]'' is a science fiction novel by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] first published in 1956 as a serial. It's ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' [[In Space]].
 
Lorenzo Smythe is an out of work actor. Brilliant at his trade, egostisticalegotistical as hell, but completely unemployed. He receives an interesting job offer: impersonate Bonforte, a politician, to hide his kidnapping from the public. To pull the deception off, Smythe must learn to completely become another person in looks, thoughts and actions, and put aside his own.
 
Although Smythe is reluctant at first, he soon becomes interested in the political opinions he's now forced to advocate, and starts to make an honest effort to get along with the aliens and the political supporters he always tried to avoid in the past. And when he has to make an appearance at the court of Bonforte's long-time friend, Solar System Emperor Willem of the House of Orange, he finds himself enjoying his new role and the friendships it brings more than he'd imagined.
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