Great Apes

Name: Great Apes
Author: Will Self

by Will Self

Man wakes transformed into an ape; surreal exploration of social identity

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Will Self

British novelist and essayist whose extravagant satirical fiction attacks modern Britain with psychogeographic intensity. Umbrella was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His prose is deliberately abrasive and allusive.

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