The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards Author:Kristopher Jansma From as early as he can remember, the hopelessly unreliable - yet hopelessly earnest - narrator of this ambitious debut novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's irresistible narrator will be inspired and haunted by the succes of his greatest friend and rival in writin... more »g, the eccentric and brilliantly talented Julian McGann- and endlessly enamored with Julian's enchanting friend Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who go away. After the trio has a disastrous falling out, Jansma's narrator, desperate to tell the truth in his writing, and in search of identity, finds himself caught in a never-ending web of lies.« less