{"product_id":"book-of-chameleons-the","title":"Book of Chameleons, The","description":"''Ingenious, consistently taut and witty'' TLS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Humorous and quizzical, with a light touch on weighty themes, the narrative darts about with lizard-like colour and velocity'' Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Strange, elliptical, charming'' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFélix 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A work of fierce originality'' Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Without doubt one of the most important Portuguese-language writers of his generation'' ANTÓNIO LOBO ANTUNES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Cross J. M. Coetzee with Gabriel García Márquez and you''ve got José Eduardo Agualusa'' ALAN KAUFMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57586416288079,"sku":"9781529426489","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781529426489_1-book-of-chameleons-the.jpg?v=1777402609","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/book-of-chameleons-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}