{"product_id":"the-book-of-chameleons-9781529426489","title":"The Book of Chameleons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA bookish albino man, a beautiful woman, a mysterious foreigner, and a witty talking lizard come together to discover their real origins in Angola, a world where the truth shifts and history is up for grabs. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13 October 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Ingenious, consistently taut and witty   TLS       Humorous and quizzical, with a light touch on weighty themes, the narrative darts about with lizard-like colour and velocity   Independent      Strange, elliptical, charming   Guardian       A poetic, beguiling meditation on truth and storytelling . . . from the dreamscapes of magical realism to a gripping political thriller and even a murder mystery   New Internationalist      Félix Ventura trades in memories, a slippery character selling new pasts to people whose bright futures lack only a good lineage, and wiping clean the slate of their identity.  In a narrative that darts between past and present Angola, a bookish albino man, a beautiful woman, a mysterious foreigner and a witty talking lizard come together to discover their real origins. For theirs is a world where the truth seems to shift from moment to moment and where history itself is up for grabs.  A work of fierce originality   Independent      Without doubt one of the most important Portuguese-language writers of his generation  ANTÓNIO LOBO ANTUNES     Cross J. M. Coetzee with Gabriel García Márquez and you ve got José Eduardo Agualusa    ALAN KAUFMAN    Translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 142g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 196 x 17 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529426489\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jose Eduardo Agualusa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097821704442,"sku":"9781529426489","price":8.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1665758197515_book.jpg?v=1665819712","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-book-of-chameleons-9781529426489","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}