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The Book of Chameleons

The Book of Chameleons

Author(s): José Eduardo Agualusa

Location(s): Angola

Genre(s): Mystery

Era(s): 1970s

The narrator of this novel is a rather charming lizard. He lives on Felix Ventura’s living-room wall, Felix, the lizard’s friend and hero of the story, is a man who sells pasts – if you don’t like yours, he can come up with an new one for you, a new past – full of better memories, with a complete lineage, photos and all.

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