Ape house : a novel /
Gruen, Sara.
Ape house : a novel / Sara Gruen. - 1st ed. - New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010. - 306 p. ; 25 cm.
When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.
0385523211 (acidfree paper) 9780385523219 (acid-free paper)
2010008928
Animal rights activists--Fiction.
Bonobo--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Reality television programs--Fiction.
Ape house : a novel / Sara Gruen. - 1st ed. - New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010. - 306 p. ; 25 cm.
When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.
0385523211 (acidfree paper) 9780385523219 (acid-free paper)
2010008928
Animal rights activists--Fiction.
Bonobo--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Reality television programs--Fiction.