Martin Ralsey is a trust funder ineptly attempting to fulfill his parents' constant admonishments to make something of himself. Strangely enough, he decides it would be a good idea to commission a study to see if enough monkeys at enough typewriters really will write a great novel. Monkey number fifty-two writes and narrates Some Novel Monkey.
Fifty-Two wants only to escape the typing lab alive. Returning to his natural habitat would be a big bonus. Martin Ralsey's hired researcher, the overly ambitious Assistant Professor Bighorn, will do anything for tenure. He believes that having tenure will allow him to make the world a better place at some undetermined future date. Bighorn embezzles Martin's money and steals Martin's monkeys for use in Bighorn's cosmetics-testing project. Along comes Julie Mandril, a new undergraduate lab assistant who believes that the only way to save the monkeys is to bomb the monkey labs in an act of ecoterrorism. In Some Novel Monkey, Fifty-Two attempts to understand the societal forces that have led Martin, Julie, and Bighorn to recklessly jeopardize the lives of Fifty-Two and his fellow lab monkeys. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book? - humorous Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day) Political/social activism Yes Plotlet: Animal story Yes Kind of animal: Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - society Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () United States Yes Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Misc setting Writing Style Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |