Descripción de contraportada
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. There is Adam, whose looming adolescence informs his interpretation of his role; Edward, a young audience member who is candidly unimpressed with the play; Lakshmi, the musical's costume designer, who imagines herself the heroine of her own production; Ray, the author of the novel on which the musical is based, who witnesses one of the most awkward first dates in literature; and even the eponymous Mister Monkey, the Monkey God himself.
With her trademark wit and verve, Prose touches on everything from the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin to the absurdity of child-raising in contemporary Brooklyn, and eventually delves into some of humanity's most profound mysteries: art, ambition, childhood, aging, and love. Startling, captivating, Mister Monkey is a breathtaking novel from a writer at the height of her craft.
Detalles
- Título Mister Monkey
- Autor Francine Prose
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición Uncorrected Proo
- Páginas 304
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Harper, NY
- Fecha de publicación 2016-10
- ISBN 9780062397836 / 0062397834
- Peso 1.1 libras (0.50 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 pulgadas (23.11 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
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Temas
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous fiction, Interpersonal relations
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2016013864
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Booklist, 09/01/2016, Page 47
- BookPage, 11/01/2016, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
- Library Journal, 08/01/2016, Page 86
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2016, Page 49
- Publishers Weekly, 08/29/2016, Page 0
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