Mister monkey : a novel
Prose, Francine (, 1947-)
Mister monkey : a novel / Francine Prose - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2016 - 285 p. ; 24 cm
Mister Monkey - a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee - is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows the production is dreadful and bemoans the failure of her acting career. She's settled into the drudgery of playing a humiliating part - until the day she receives a mysterious letter from an anonymous admirer and later, in the middle of a performance, has a shocking encounter with Adam, the twelve-year-old who plays the title role. Francine Prose's effervescent comedy is told from the viewpoints of wildly unreliable, seemingly disparate characters whose lives become deeply connected as the madcap narrative unfolds. Prose delves into humanity's most profound mysteries: art, ambition, childhood, aging, and love.
English.
9780062397836
Musical theater ----Fiction
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Humorous fiction
PS3566.R68 / M57 2016
FIC PRO
Mister monkey : a novel / Francine Prose - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 2016 - 285 p. ; 24 cm
Mister Monkey - a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee - is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows the production is dreadful and bemoans the failure of her acting career. She's settled into the drudgery of playing a humiliating part - until the day she receives a mysterious letter from an anonymous admirer and later, in the middle of a performance, has a shocking encounter with Adam, the twelve-year-old who plays the title role. Francine Prose's effervescent comedy is told from the viewpoints of wildly unreliable, seemingly disparate characters whose lives become deeply connected as the madcap narrative unfolds. Prose delves into humanity's most profound mysteries: art, ambition, childhood, aging, and love.
English.
9780062397836
Musical theater ----Fiction
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Black humor (Literature)
Humorous fiction
PS3566.R68 / M57 2016
FIC PRO
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