num_pages: 262
description: At the centre of Music for Chameleons is Handcarved Coffins, a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town in America, it offers chilling insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. Also in this volume are six short stories and seven ‘conversational portraits’ including a touching one of Marilyn Monroe, the ‘beautiful child’ and a hilarious one of a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York.
language: English
title: Music for Chameleons
titlecomplete: Music for Chameleons
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Essays, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, True Crime, Fiction
ratings_count: 10432
publisher: Penguin