A startling shapeshifting book of prose and images that draws on an unexpected pair of inspirationsthe poetry of Fernando Pessoa and the history of air disastersto investigate con men identity politics failures of leadership the privilege of ineptitude the slave trade and the nature of consciousness. Early in 2017 on a plane from Cape Verde to Lisbon author and visual artist James Hannaham started reading Pessoa ampamp Co. Richard Zeniths English translation of Fernando Pessoas selected po