Ape House - Softcover

Gruen Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812981995 ISBN 13: 9780812981995

Publisher: Random House US, 2011

Synopsis

The must-read book of Summer 2009, from the author of the phenomenally successful Water for Elephants. A family of apes is thrust into the limelight on a reality TV show and irrevocably alters the lives of the people around them.

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Review:

DON'T MISS YOUR BUS STOP . . . reading this week's talking-point book, Ape House by Water for Elephants author Sara Gruen. It's a funny, provocative lampoon of pop culture, about a group of sign-language-speaking bonobo monkeys who are liberated from a science lab, only to wind up on a reality TV show. (Grazia)

Ape House is gripping, emotionally exhilarating and, by a large margin, the best novel I've read in the past 12 months. Or perhaps 24.... A twisting pacy plot . . . vivid page-turner . . . mining the same literary vein as Jodi Picoult and TC Boyle whose strong, conflicted characters and ethically charged plots deliver brilliant but challenging fiction. (James Urquhart, Independent)

If you love animals like I do, it's a must read. (Ellen DeGeneres, host of the Ellen Show)

had me instantly enraptured (Dallas Morning News)

Gruen's astute, wildly entertaining tale of interspecies connection is a novel of verve and conscience - the fate of the bonobos is a brilliantly satirical surprise. (Booklist (starred review))

It is a page-turner written with flair, imagination and a sharp sense of irony. (Globe and Mail)

Very, very few novels can change the way you look at the world around you. This one does. (Robert Goolrick, author of A Reliable Wife)

Consider reality TV, meth labs, over-the-top animal-rights activists, Botox, tabloids and Internet diatribes, and you, too, might come to the conclusion: People should be more like animals. Sara Gruen's entertaining, enlightening new novel will certainly leave you thinking so. (Miami Herald)

Has the dramatic tension of a crime thriller... Twists and turns, lies, and treachery abound in this funny, clever, and perceptive story. (Library Journal (starred review))

Ape House is difficult to put down, filled as it is with genuine hilarity and heartbreak. (Toronto Star)

Book Description:

From the bestselling author of Water for Elephants comes another immensely engaging novel ... Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationships - but unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House US
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0812981995
• ISBN 13: 9780812981995
• Binding: Paperback