A review by faintgirl
Great Apes by Will Self

2.0

Hmm. Obviously this book as very clever. Comes with the Will Self territory. I can't say I enjoyed it a huge amount, although I guess it was intriguing. I guess I just found it a bit gross, which is kind of the whole point given that the whole thing is a massive satire of social norms in our modern day society. Simon is an artist who wakes up after a massive binge to find that chimpanzees have out evolved humans and run the world. He's a chimp too these days, but is obsessed with his past humanity, and it takes a maverick psychiatrist to sort him out. Which he kind of does, I guess. Hmm. Just a bit eurgh and a bit meh really.