“For months I had been trying to be less myself.”
Amanda Filipacchi book Vapor
first line.
Vapor (1999)
Amanda Filipacchi is an American novelist. She was born in Paris and educated in both France and the U.S. She is the author of four novels, Nude Men , Vapor , Love Creeps , and The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty . Her fiction has been translated into 13 languages. Wikipedia

“For months I had been trying to be less myself.”
Amanda Filipacchi book Vapor
first line.
Vapor (1999)
Amanda Filipacchi book Nude Men
Source: Nude Men (1993), p. 285.
Amanda Filipacchi book Love Creeps
first lines.
Love Creeps (2005)