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"A work of genius"--The Boston Globe

"From the first sentence of the novel the reader is aware that he is in the presence of a magician... Collier] casts a spell and he does so always with a smile."--Paul Theroux

"A wayward masterpiece...Whatever this volume... Read Full Overview

When Alfred Fatigay returns to his native London, he brings along his trustworthy pet chimpanzee Emily who, unbeknownst to Fatigay, has become civilized: literate, literary--and in love with Fatigay himself. After Emily meets Alfred's fiancee Amy Flint, a 1920's "modern woman,"... Read Full Overview