Description
Collier’s comic spoof (published 1930) follows a pet chimpanzee’s attempt to break the engagement of her owner. Mr. Fatigay, an English schoolteacher, returns to England from the Upper Congo with Emily, a chimpanzee who resolves to educate herself and become a rival for Fatigay’s hand. As the plot unfolds, the monkey reveals herself to be far more sophisticated and loving than the fiancee.
“A work of genius”—The Boston Globe
“From the first sentence of the novel the reader is aware that he is in the presence of a magician…[Collier] casts a spell and he does so always with a smile.”—Paul Theroux
