Book description
Bruno Littlemore; linguist, artist, philosopher. A life defined by
a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. Born in down-town
Chicago, Bruno's precocity pulls him from an unremarkable childhood,
and under the tuition of Lydia, his intellect dazzles a watching
world. But when falls in love with his mentor, the world turns on them
with outrage: Bruno is striving to be something he is not, and denying
everything that he is. For despite his all too human complexities,
dreams and frailties, Bruno's hairy body, flattened nose and jutting
brow are, undeniably, the features of a chimpanzee. Like its
protagonist, this novel is big, abrasive, witty, perverse, earnest and
accomplished. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore goes beyond satire by
showing us not what it means, but what it feels like be human - to
love and lose, learn, aspire, grasp, and, in the end, to fail.
