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Clever, smart and beautifully written, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is not only a story about storytelling but also a true celebration of the art. At times hilarious and heart-wrenching, Jansma has managed to produce a mind-bending and utterly unforgettable book.
— Andrew Porter, author of The Theory of Light and Matter
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Serious fun. What romantic comedy used to be in the time of Shakespeare. Not a breath of fresh air, but a gale.
— Martin Cruz Smith, author of Three Stations
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“Light and airy, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is
a funhouse of a novel about the outsized ambitions of authors and the
sneaky power of storytelling. Kristopher Jansma’s debut is a whimsical round-the-world tour that recalls
Calvino, Millhauser and The Confidence Man.”
— Stewart O’Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster
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Canny, seductive and utterly transfixing...A first novel with the strength and agility of a great cat leaping through rings of fire.
— Booklist (starred review)
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The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is my new exhibit A for the defense of literary fiction. A great read -- a must read. Kristopher Jasma is more than the real-deal. He's made himself, with this book, essential.
— Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You
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Light and airy, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is a funhouse of a novel about the outsized ambitions of authors and the sneaky power of storytelling. Kristopher Jansma's debut is a whimsical round-the-world tour that recalls Calvino, Millhauser and The Confidence Man.
— Stewart O’Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster
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Kristopher Jansma is a brilliant writer of energetic, original, intelligent, skillful and highly imaginative and hysterically funny fiction. Few writers of any age succeed in the chances he took with The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards. That he does so with such finesse, ease and maturity is astounding.
— Stephen Dixon, author of What Is All This?
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The brilliance of this novel slays me! With an extravagance of wit and grace, Kristopher Jansma has masterfully composed a chimerical, matroshka doll of a story as gripping as it is inventive, as moving as it is hilarious, populated with fascinating, singular characters about whom you long to know more and more and more. (Even the extras are drawn in pitch-perfect detail.) It reminded me of so many favorite novels, from David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten to Gary Shteyngart’s The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, and yet it’s so deeply original that all comparisons fall out the window. This is the most fresh and exciting novel I’ve read in ages.
— Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of A Fortunate Age
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“Kristopher Jansma is a brilliant writer of energetic, original, intelligent,
skillful and highly imaginative and hysterically funny fiction. Few writers of
any age succeed in the chances he took with The Unchangeable Spots of
Leopards. That he does so with such finesse, ease and maturity is
astounding.”
— Stephen Dixon, author of What Is All This?
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“The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is my new exhibit A for the defense of literary
fiction. A great read—a must read. Kristopher Jasma is more than the
real-deal. He’s made himself, with this book, essential.”
— Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You
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“Canny, seductive and utterly transfixing…A first novel with
the strength and agility of a great cat leaping through rings of fire.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“A
smart, searching debut about art and identity.”
— Library Journal