It's therefore a considerable surprise to peer behind their glossy sheen to discover five down-to-earth, genuine geezers.
That is, until you discover the glossy black Duarte Family crypt, where Eva Perón, or Evita, was buried and where crowds appear like ghosts to flash cameras and lay flowers in respect for Argentina's former "Spiritual Leader of the Nation".
Up close you discover that these glossy pictures are made by distinctively modern methods of pouring, pooling and manipulating liquid paint.
But it's only when you turn to the far from glossy small print on page 221 that you discover the catch - to get a free child place, you must have two people paying the full adult fare.
Looking down, he discovered a glossy postcard advertising two-for-one drinks during happy hour at a gentlemen's club.
Perhaps technology has even increased our stimuli and desire to reach out, to travel, to discover, to dream big, to be divas, presidents and astronauts, but reality is very different from social media, movies and glossy magazines of top models.
The police also discovered sixty-eight glossy auction catalogues from Sotheby's and Christie's in London and New York.
Discovering the reality behind the glossy prospectus is another major plus of visiting a university, says Charlotte Humphrey, 20, who has just finished her second year at Bournemouth University.
We see him lecturing on Coleridge at the Royal Institution, scribbling at a table in the Cévennes, scurrying from the National Portrait Gallery with a glossy catalogue under his arm and newly discovered stories brimming in his mind.
