Book after Book

Hi Samuel! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of The Chameleon ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: It’s a book about a book that can be any book, narrated by that book. What inspired you to write this book? A: Books! And bodies. And the cold war. And the idea of storytelling as a common ground over which we can share our own unique experience. How did you choose the books that John would turn into? Any choices that surprised you? A: I never thought that Ancrene Wisse (a medieval guide for anchoresses) would make it into my creative work when I was studying it! I think, in general, I was interested in books that were concerned with book that interrogate their own process, that question the nature and value of storytelling. If this novel could be turned into a film, whose voice would you choose to narrate the story? A: Brian Blessed Without giving too much away, can you tell us about something in the book that was partic...

By Samuel Fisher Published by Salt Synopsis: John is infinite. He can become any book, any combination of words – every thought, act and expression that has ever been, or ever will be, written. Now 800 years old, John wants to tell his story.  Looking back over his life, from its beginnings with a medieval anchoress to his current lodgings beside the deathbed of a Cold War spy, John pieces together his tale: the love that held him together and, in particular, the reasons for a murder that took place in Moscow fifty years earlier, which set in train a shattering series of events. Samuel Fisher’s debut, The Chameleon is a love story about books like no other, weaving texts and lives in a family tale that leads the reader on an extraordinary historical journey, a journey of words as much as of places, and a gripping romance. How did this book end up in my hands? I was happy to receive a review copy from the publisher at the beginning of the year. It’s not every day t...