A review by mi__ela
The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa

reflective

4.0

Nothing passes, nor expires. The past is now a sleeping river, seeming dead, just barely breathing–But rouse it and it bursts to life

This is a book about memory and its traps, and about the construction of identities. 
It is set in Angola, who was coming out of a Marxist dictatorship and a civil war, and one where people feel the need to reinvent themselves. Our guy, Felix Ventura does that for his clients -- reinvents their past. 

I enjoyed a lot the fact that its narrative voice is the voice of a gecko, idk, I found that very entertaining. With a little murder and vengeance sprinkled on the side, I can say that this was a good read while on vacation