

Like its protagonist, this novel is big, abrasive, witty, perverse, earnest and accomplished.

For despite his all too human complexities, dreams and frailties, Bruno's hairy body, flattened nose and jutting brow are, undeniably, the features of a chimpanzee. But when falls in love with his mentor, the world turns on them with outrage: Bruno is striving to be something he is not, and denying everything that he is.

Born in down-town Chicago, Bruno's precocity pulls him from an unremarkable childhood, and under the tuition of Lydia, his intellect dazzles a watching world. A life defined by a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore is a major accomplishment' - San Francisco Chronicleīruno Littlemore linguist, artist, philosopher.
