{"product_id":"9781399631075-cameo","title":"Cameo","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ‘masterful’ ‘hilarious’ ‘genuinely scintillating’ 2026 One to Watch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e The new novel from Irish Book   Award-shortlisted author Rob Doyle; the story of the life of an invented   novelist who has runaway success - a daring comedy and dazzling meditation on   fiction and reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterful' \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eGenuinely ingenious . In this novel he's simultaneously surmounted and retired a genre' \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There simply isn't another novelist writing with such personality, ingenuity and purpose' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fantasy of literary celebrity in the culture war era . generates terrific momentum and the satire is wicked' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe new novel from Irish Book Award-shortlisted author Rob Doyle: a daring comedy and dazzling meditation on fiction and reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCameo\u003c\/i\u003e is the life story of  invented Irish novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of autofictional novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as a playful satire on literary ambition and the chaos of our times expands into a dazzling, polyphonic odyssey that challenges the border between fiction and reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Ren Duka novels race outwards in widening circles of influence, we encounter Dina Tatangelo, cult novelist of the New York underworld; a Japanese manga artist whose work eerily affects his family life; a grizzled Dublin taxi driver who just might ferry his passengers between worlds; a film-star facing public disgrace; and Rob Doyle, an author enduring a psychic and ontological crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCameo\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a metaphysical architecture of the imagination, a human comedy full of unruly passions, and a self-portrait across multiple dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Like Swift before him, Rob Doyle is a social satirist of the highest order . \u003ci\u003eCameo\u003c\/i\u003e is provocative, transgressive, grimly hilarious, and it surely can't be long until he spawns his own adjective. 'Doylean'? Don't rule it out' BENJAMIN MYERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Curious, compassionate, filthy, iconoclastic . \u003ci\u003eCameo \u003c\/i\u003eis mindbending fun' LISA McINERNEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heady cocktail . genuinely scintillating' \u003ci\u003eMAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Buckle up' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56403323388278,"sku":"9781399631075","price":18.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36659468.jpg?v=1760719234","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399631075-cameo","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}