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'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.
- About The Author
- Rob Doyle is the author of four previous, internationally acclaimed books: Threshold, Autobibliography, This is the Ritual and Here Are the Young Men, which was adapted as a film starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Dean-Charles Chapman, was named as one the Irish Times' 100 best Irish books of the 21st century and one of RTÉ's 21 books that define 21st century Irish literature, and was shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards. Doyle's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Observer, New Statesman, Dublin Review and many other publications. His work has been translated into several languages and nominated for various prizes. He lives where he can, in Dublin, Berlin and Rosslare Harbour.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781399631082
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (22 January 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 380 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 232 x 152 x 26 mm
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