Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, (Paperback)

from St.CroixSue

Historical fiction taking place in Paris from the 1920's up to the French Resistance during WWII that is all about love, art, and betrayal all expertly woven together into a cohesive story. SRH

from ivan.frade

After her "Reading like a writer", I was curious about Francine Prose's writing. Does she do as she says? (uhmmm..., in this case does she write as she writes?). She does and the result works really well. Interesting time and place (Paris just before WWII), well developed (fictional) characters a...

from YAbookfest

Set in Paris just before and during WWII, the novel focuses on various characters who visit the Chameleon Club, which is reminiscent of the musical Cabaret. Genders slide easily at the club, where anyone can change their colors. The central character is Lou Villars, a transvestite woman who train...

from StaffReads

Historical fiction taking place in Paris from the 1920's up to the French Resistance during WWII that is all about love, art, and betrayal all expertly woven together into a cohesive story. SRH

from brangwinn

I thought this was a highly inventive story. When I read Prose's explanation about how she got the idea for the book I was amazed to find that the main character, Lou Villars, was based on a real person, discovered in a photograph the author saw. How Prose brought Lou to life brought a different ...