Book description
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 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.
