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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, wakes up to find that his girlfriend has turned into a chimpanzee.

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Simon Dykes, the artist, stood, rented glass in hand, and watched as a rowing eight emerged from the brown brick wall of one building, slid across a band of grey-green water, and then eased into the grey concrete of another building.

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This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 94 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Memoirs of a Geisha, and followed by Enduring Love.

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  1. Will Self (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1997
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Page Count: 416

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