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THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS
By: Kristopher Jansma
Viking
April 2013
On Sale: March 21, 2013
272 pages
ISBN: 067002600X
EAN: 9780670026005
Hardcover
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From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliableโyet hopelessly earnestโnarrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer.
From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansmaโs irresistible narrator will be inspired and haunted by the success of his greatest friend and rival in writing, the eccentric and brilliantly talented Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Julianโs enchanting friend, Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. After the trio has a disastrous falling out, desperate to tell the truth in his writing and to figure out who he really is, Jansmaโs narrator finds himself caught in a never-ending web of lies.
As much a story about a young man and his friends trying to make their way in the world as a profoundly affecting exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards will appeal to readers of Tom Rachmanโs The Imperfectionists and Jennifer Eganโs Pulitzer Prizeโwinning A Visit from the Goon Squad with its elegantly constructed exploration of the stories we tell to find out who we really are.
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