Great Apes - Will Self Book Review

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"When London artist Simon Dykes wakes after a late night of routine debauchery, he discovers that his world is irretrievably changed. His girlfriend, Sarah, has turned into a chimpanzee. And, to Simon's appalled surporise, 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 chimp, Dr Zack Busner. For, with this fascinating case, Busner thinks he may finally make his reputation as a truly Great Ape. "
Steve Slack, Resident Will Self Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%

Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Repressive society story Yes
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - feelings of a human growing up among aliens
Who's a slave/repressed? - humans are slaves of other humans

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of touching personal anatomy - descript. of non-breast female anat.
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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