Aphophobic writer Mark Hunter lives locked away in his home with his mother. As his fame grows, his books achieve great success, and consequently, he needs to acquire a social life. He desperately seeks an extroverted alter ego for this purpose.
The person he finds upends the writer's life and brings to light the deep trauma that keeps him captive in the nurturing prison that his domineering mother has so carefully built. The end is tragic yet redeeming.
The title Garamond 12 reflects the context in which the story unfolds: letters and fonts, the building blocks of words, the ingredients of books. At the core of the work lies false identity.
It also touches upon themes such as self-acceptance, the denial of reality, vital patterns, the existence and exposure of the artist, the inability to follow a "proper" way of life, friendship, and romantic desire...
