Great Apes
Reissued
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:19th Sep '11
£14.99
Available to order, but very limited on stock - if we have issues obtaining a copy, we will let you know.
Will Self's stunning, hallucinogenic satire
When artist Simon Dykes wakes after a late night of routine debauchery, he discovers that his world has changed beyond recognition. His girlfriend, Sarah, has turned into a chimpanzee. And, to Simon's appalled surprise, so has the rest of humanity. Simon, under the bizarre delusion that he is ‘human', is confined to an emergency psychiatric ward. There he becomes of considerable interest to eminent psychologist and chimp, Dr Zack Busner. For with this fascinating case, Busner thinks may finally make his reputation as a truly great ape.
‘Exultantly hallucinogenic ... achieves the rare feat of temporarily altering the reader's perspective' * Guardian *
‘Prodigiously original and very funny' * Observer *
‘Excellent ... as in the best satires, this journey through the alien world of chimps is at heart a deeply serious (and even moving) call for us to reconsider the shortcomings of the human world' * Alain de Botton, The Times *
‘His most daring and ambitious work ... genuinely provocative and entertaining' * Brian McCabe, Scotsman *
ISBN: 9781408827406
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 31mm
Weight: 400g
512 pages