Being Richard

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The story explores the challenges of immortality, focusing on a protagonist burdened by loss and the constant necessity to assume new identities to evade suspicion about his youth. Initially reluctant to embrace the life of Richard Ridley, who faced an unhappy childhood and died young, he is thrust into a precarious situation when a man from the Special Investigation Department arrives, compelling him to adopt Richard's identity to avoid imprisonment. The narrative delves into themes of identity, survival, and the weight of the past.