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Great Apes is a 1997 novel by Will Self. Plot synopsis [ edit ] After a night of drug use, Simon Dykes wakes up in a world where chimpanzees have evolved to be the dominant species with self-awareness , while humans are the equivalent of chimps in our world.
1 de jan. de 2001 · Great Apes is set in an alternate reality which really is a ‘planet of the apes’. In this world, Simon Dykes, Self’s protagonist, wakes up after days of indulging in drugs and sex, to find everyone around him is a chimpanzee.
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11 de ago. de 1998 · Written with the glittering satiric edge that is Self's hallmark, Great Apes is a hilarious, disturbing, and truly unforgettable novel. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Editor's Choice "Best Books of the year"-Booklist. One of the Year's best novels-Time Out.
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“Great Apes, the exultantly hallucinogenic new novel by Will Self, a satirist of some moral seriousness, imagines a world subject to a complete species reversal. Self’s fable eventually segues from hyperinventive wit into something more thoughtful, and achieves the rare feat of temporarily altering the reader’s perspective.
Originally a novel by Will Self, Great Apes is a hilarious, disturbing and dazzlingly original take on man's place in the evolutionary chain.When Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Dykes wakes...
Will Self. Bloomsbury, 1997 - Chimpanzees - 404 pages. "When artist Simon Dykes wakes after a late night of routine debauchery, he discovers that his world has changed beyond recognition. His...
In this new novel, Will Self turns his wicked gift for satire on a favorite victim--his fellow man. After a night of routine, pedestrian debauchery, a successful, middle-aged London painter,...
