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Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932

A Novel
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Scandalized and celebrated by Parisian society, Lou Villars is an extraordinary athlete who is confident that one day she will be an inspiration for her gender. She’s also a lesbian and cross dresser and finds a safe haven in the Chameleon Club, a louche nightspot haunted by bankers, sailors, transvestites, and aspiring artists. As the exuberant ‘20s give way to the depression of the ‘30s, Lou abandons her job as a server and a performer at the Chameleon Club to become a talented, successful race car driver. She falls in love with a German driver, Inge, and is soon ensnared in a web of flattery and lies…culminating in her decision to collaborate with the Nazis. Lou’s life unfolds before the reader through a kaleidoscope of narrating voices: the visionary Gabor; his French girlfriend and future wife Suzanne Dunois; Baroness Lily de Rossignol, an art collector and patron both to Lou and Gabor; Lionel Maine, a hilariously caustic writer; and Nathalie Dunois, a fervent biographer interpreting these events from the present day. From the sizzling hedonism of the Jazz Age to the maelstrom of fear and violence during the Nazi occupation, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 is a wildly inventive, provocative, and mesmerizing read.

Author Biography:

Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction including, most recently, the highly acclaimed novel, MISTER MONKEY, and the New York Times bestselling novel, LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932. Her novel A CHANGED MAN won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and BLUE ANGEL was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include the highly praised ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE, and the New York Times bestseller READING LIKE A WRITER, which has become a classic. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City.
Release date NZ
February 11th, 2016
Pages
464
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Dimensions
135x203x27
ISBN-13
9780061713804
Product ID
22299277

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