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Chameleon

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ChameleonCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781923058279 Format: Trade paperback (UK) Year: 2025 Publisher: The Text Publishing Company Description: Robert Dessaix's testament to a wonderful life is funny, incisive and literary. His voice is completely distinctive and utterly compelling. 'A dazzlingly beautiful reading experience.' Guardian 'Sweet Jesus, this is beautiful.' David Marr Robert Dessaix's Chameleon is about everything that matters, a book of memories

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781923058279
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company


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Robert Dessaix's testament to a wonderful life is funny, incisive and literary. His voice is completely distinctive and utterly compelling.



'A dazzlingly beautiful reading experience.' Guardian



'Sweet Jesus, this is beautiful.' David Marr






Robert Dessaix's Chameleon is about everything that matters, a book of memories that flow so freely they seem to happen as we read. Cartwheeling from story to story, Dessaix describes an identity in flux- his beginnings as an adopted child named Thomas Robert Jones, his youthful interest in religious thinking, his obsession with all things Russian, his marriage to Lisa and divorce, his discovery of travel. In North Africa he finds different ways of feeling and being, and in Australia he begins his abiding relationship with his partner Peter Timms. At every point he muses on pleasure, art, sex, literature, infatuation, happiness, music, life, death and all the rest. Chameleon is a virtuoso performance of self-revelation, as Dessaix explores how the restless mind takes constant detours to search for what makes life good, a place of wisdom and love.



PRAISE FOR CHAMELEON-




'Wise, witty, and sumptuously idiosyncratic, Robert Dessaix is a writer for all seasons.' Andrea Goldsmith



In this flinty yet fond conversation with his long-ago self, Robert Dessaix explores the myriad contradictions that make us fully human. His words, and his singular wisdom, shimmer.' Ailsa Piper



'Carefully crafted and moving.' The Booklist, Age
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4everirish
Port Orchard, US
★★★★★ 1
Very disappointed
Unfortunately I ended up being very disappointed with this purchase, after about two weeks of use, it just stopped performing. Not sure what happened but it just stopped releasing the ball and I don't know why, it had no flexibility left to it. I'm not doing a very good job of trying to explain why it quit working but suffice it to say, it became useless after a couple of weeks. Broke my neighbors dog's heart, lol.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2025
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chillalittle
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
Tough & durable, but relatively light for throwing
Pattern Name: Tug Frisbee, Size: Large
This is the second one of these that I've ordered although to be honest, the first one is still very much intact and it was bought when my 3-yr old Shepweiler was still a young, but growing, pup! Tough & durable, yet light enough to be thrown (& caught), without much effort. It can also be used as a tug toy, as my other pup, a pit/boxer/"Heinz57" mix, loves to use it as.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2026
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Ashley T.
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
A favorite in our house!
Pattern Name: Ultra Ring, Size: Large, Pattern Name: Ultra Ring, Size: Large
~ Recommend if you have a dog who: is a heavy chewer/tugger, loves to chase squirrely things (it can have a wacky roll to it, which my dog thinks is so fun), gets their toys dirty or slobbery. My pup is 65 pound pitty mix - i'd definitely say this is for big dogs. Maybe medium (45+ pounds, ish?). Just my opinion, of course... but I think it's a bit thick/heavy for small pups to grab. ~ My pup LOVES this ring toy! I got this back in October - so it has been through the ringer. Atlas isn't usually a super heavy chewer, but with this toy she is. Not only does she love to play with it, she will even bring it to her bed to comfort chew (i think she likes the pressure on her back teeth... this rubbery material is SUPER sturdy but also has a little bit of "give" so I don't worry at all about her teeth). She loves to chase it / catch it on the roll. She brings it to me on the daily for play. Its good for tug, chase, or fetch. Perfect for the beach or any environment, really, as it's super easy to clean... so it comes with us everywhere. We will probably have this toy forever... there's not a single puncture mark yet. So, for me worth the cost 10x over.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2023
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Debbie Smeltzer
Waukegan, US
★★★★★ 1
It’s Trash
Pattern Name: Tug Frisbee, Size: Large
Lasted maybe 1 minute… I gave it to my dog turned to throw away package, when I looked back dog had already taken a chunk off … might as well have given him the dollar bills it took to buy … they would probably last as long
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2026
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Rivertender
Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 4
Arguably bulletproof
Pattern Name: Tug Pull, Size: Large
All good. The gauge is slightly large which my dog, Magnum {66 lb American Stafordshire Terrier), struggles with - slightly. Not a big problem and I am thinking that if the guuge were smaller, Magnum would be able to chew through it and ruin the toy. Comfy grip. Center piece or grip works great also because Magnum likes to grip that which allows the 2 handles to be free for human pulling. Walmart has/had a similar item, but..........one end has tiny spikes meant for the dog to grip. My dog never liked that end, however, so I always got the ucomfortable knobly end and he got the smooth human end - hah ha. Too, Magnum chewed through two of these Walmart toys., I have seen Magnum chewing on this reviewed toy, but I am seeing zero damage. Walmart's toy is cheaper, but the lifetime guarantee on this Tuff Tug toy eliminartes any price advantage. Update 6 months later - the product appears to be bulletproof.....until it wasn't. Everyone on the dog park marveled at the item's amazing durability in terms of daily severe abuse AND my dog's preoccupation with gnawing on the toy. Not only does it hold up, but there are almost no discernable chew marks. All of that said, the toy did finally show some coming apart today (mid March '24 - bought Oct '23 with lots of daily chewing and tug of war abuse). Remarkably, with a good 30% of the item's thickness chewed through - it still stands up to severe and constant tug of war strain......like nothing ever happened! We joke at the dog park that tbe toy is made of Kryptonite. Yes, it's now damaged some, but I feel it is well worth the 20.00 price for the service it has delivered...
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

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