Cameo

'A writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society' Spectator

Cameo is the life story of invented Irish novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of autofictional novels.

What 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.

As 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.

Cameo is at once a metaphysical architecture of the imagination, a human comedy full of unruly passions, and a self-portrait across multiple dimensions.

Ideal for readers who...

• enjoy literary fiction that plays with autofiction, fame, and the line between fiction and reality
• like ambitious, multi-voiced narratives that move across places, scenes, and subcultures
• want satire with philosophical bite, exploring art, identity, and modern chaos
• are drawn to metafiction and stories that feel like a self-portrait built from shifting perspectives
• love inventive novels that balance human comedy, unruly passion, and big ideas