An unlikely narrator, Bruno is a chimpanzee trying to become a man--a process he sees as "equal parts enlightenment and imprinting your brain with taboos." Bruno acquires a fervent love of language--and of primatologist Lydia Littlemore, with whom he develops a deep (and, yes, sexual) relationship until she falls ill.

We speak with the book's Author via skype in Iowa.

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