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.