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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.

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‘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 *

Great Apes

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    A Paperback by Will Self

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 1/19/2011 12:09:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781408827406, 978-1408827406
      ISBN10: 1408827409

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      ‘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 *

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