Some of our Brit correspondents may already be familiar with the perverse Will Self, whose
Great Apes tells the bizarre tale of a man who wakes up one fine morning to find himself a chimp living in a chimpanzee society. He is taken on as a case study by a chimp neurologist resembling a simian Oliver Sacks. For any of you drawing bad parallels to
Planet of the Apes, relax. Self is exploring our primal heritage, the positive social aspects that Homo Sap abandoned when he crowned himself King. The satire here avoids the predictable targets and familiar avenues, but some may tire of all the grooming episodes.
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The dark nursery of evolution is very dark indeed.
Brad McFall
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