{"product_id":"9781399631075","title":"Cameo : The ‘masterful’ ‘hilarious’ ‘genuinely scintillating’ 2026 One to Watch","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Doyle, Rob \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 January 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 242 x 29 | 502g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Masterful' FINANCIAL TIMES'Genuinely ingenious . . . In this novel he's simultaneously surmounted and retired a genre' NEW STATESMAN'There simply isn't another novelist writing with such personality, ingenuity and purpose' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'A fantasy of literary celebrity in the culture war era . . . generates terrific momentum and the satire is wicked' GUARDIANThe new novel from Irish Book Award-shortlisted author Rob Doyle: a daring comedy and dazzling meditation on fiction and realityCameo is the life story of  invented Irish novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of autofictional novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameo is at once a metaphysical architecture of the imagination, a human comedy full of unruly passions, and a self-portrait across multiple dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Like Swift before him, Rob Doyle is a social satirist of the highest order . . . Cameo is provocative, transgressive, grimly hilarious, and it surely can't be long until he spawns his own adjective. 'Doylean'? Don't rule it out' BENJAMIN MYERS'Curious, compassionate, filthy, iconoclastic . . . Cameo is mindbending fun' LISA McINERNEY'A heady cocktail . . . genuinely scintillating' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Buckle up' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179218112893,"sku":"9781399631075","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781399631075_9b0246ff-4884-4a5d-a895-321e92148cb8.jpg?v=1778955449","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781399631075","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}