His Monkey Wife - Softcover

John Collier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0860721663 ISBN 13: 9780860721666

Publisher: DOLPHIN BOOK CO LTD (ENGLAND), 1994

Synopsis

"A work of genius."-The Boston Globe

"He's a pure pleasure to read."-Michael Chabon

"From the first sentence of the novel the reader is aware that he is in the presence of a magicianâ ¦ [Collier] casts a spell and he does so always with a smile."-Paul Theroux

A novel about a strange, wondrous, and often hilarious love triangle.

About this title

From the Author

Viewed as a story, [His Monkey Wife] is an emotional melodrama, complete with a Medusa villianess, an honest simpleton of a hero, and an angelic if only anthropoid heroine, all functioning in two dimensional world of the old Lyceum poster or the primitive fresco where an angel may outsize a church, and where a man may marry a monkey on a foggy day.

About the Author

John Collier (1901-1980) was born in Britain, but spent much of his life in the U.S., where he wrote screenplays for Hollywood (The African Queen, Sylvia Scarlet, and I Am a Camera among them) and short stories for The New Yorker and other magazines. He was also a poet, editor, and reviewer.

Edition details

• Publisher: DOLPHIN BOOK CO LTD (ENGLAND)
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860721663
• ISBN 13: 9780860721666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288