T. C. Boyle

Talk to Me

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Produktbeschreibung

'Howlingly marvellous ... Gripping and inescapably bittersweet' Boston Globe'Hits the mark ... Real and relevant' BookTrib____________________Guy Schermerhorn, brilliant young professor of psychology and disciple of the pioneering Dr Moncrieff, is making a name for himself on the talk show circuit with an unusual protégé in tow: a chimp by the name of Sam. Sam lives in Guy's apartment, wears diapers and neckties, devours pizza and Macdonalds - and, through Guy's careful training, can communicate through sign language. But living with Sam is wreaking havoc on Guy's personal life, and when shy, meek undergraduate Aimee Villard volunteers to take on babysitting for him, he can't believe his luck. Aimee and Sam have an immediate rapport, and before Guy knows it she's moved in, proudly devoting herself to Sam's care and Guy's project. Aimee has never known purpose and happiness like this; but when Guy's funding is imperilled, and Sam is taken away by the sinister Moncrief, her world falls apart. Aimee discovers just how far she'll go to, and just what she'll risk, to be united with the chimp she's come to love so much._____________'Boyle tells this story with clear-eyed, flinty intelligence' Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald'An engaging tale' The Blurb, Australia

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 509853
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 126mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9781526630025
• ISBN-10: 1526630028
• Artikelnr.: 62462457

Autorenporträt

T. C. Boyle is the New York Times-bestselling author of seventeen novels and eleven collections of stories. His work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He is the recipient most recently of the Jonathan Swift Prize, the Mark Twain Voice in American Literature Award and the Henry David Thoreau Award. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California. tcboyle.com

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Rezensionen

Howlingly marvelous ... Boyle's masterly storytelling and shrewd social commentary have much in common with Charles Dickens; his laid-back, colloquial prose is maximalist rather than minimalist, with a touch of acute satire ... Gripping and inescapably bittersweet Joseph Peschel Boston Globe

"The novel is one of Boyle's recent best...the virtuoso...[Boyle's] masterly storytelling and shrewd social commentary have much in common with Charles Dickens; his laid-back, colloquial prose is maximalist rather than minimalist, with a touch of acute satire...If you're willing to suspend your disbelief about anthropomorphism, you'll enjoy this gripping and inescapably bittersweet book." - Boston Globe

"Talk to Me-told alternately from the point of view of the human and chimp characters-finds a sensitive issue and dives deep into an exploration that locks on and won't let go. . . . Against a backdrop of lurid news stories of chimps living with humans, where things go horribly wrong, this novel makes a visceral kind of sense and raises uncomfortable issues of human relationships with other species. Highly recommended." - Library Journal (starred review)

" If the measure of a good story is how often you think about it after you are done, then Talk to Me . . . hits the mark. . . . Talk to Me feels real and relevant " - BookTrib

"Boyle eloquently lays out the philosophical and ethical debates of raising chimps in a human household...Boyle poignantly exposes our anthropocentric biases while exploring the nature of consciousness and reminds us of the adage about the most dangerous species in the zoo being the humans." - Booklist