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  title info:
    title: Mister Monkey
    sub title: a novel
  name:
    name part: Prose, Francine
    name part: 1947-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: novel
  genre: Fiction.
  genre: Humorous fiction.
  genre: Bildungsromans.
  genre: Black humor (Literature)
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 285 pages ; 24 cm
  abstract: "The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's musical. Mister Monkey--a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee--is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows the production is dreadful and bemoans the failure of her acting career. She's settled into the drudgery of playing a humiliating part--until the day she receives a mysterious letter from an anonymous admirer. and later, in the middle of a performance, has a shocking encounter with Adam, the twelve-year-old who plays the title role. Francine Prose's effervescent comedy is told from the viewpoints of wildly unreliable, seemingly disparate characters whose lives become deeply connected as the madcap narrative unfolds. There is Adam, whose looming adolescence informs his interpretation of his role; Edward, a young audience member who is candidly unimpressed with the play; Ray, the author of the novel on which the musical is based, who witnesses one of the most awkward first dates in literature; and even the eponymous Mister Monkey, the Monkey God himself. With her trademark wit and verve, Prose delves into humanity's most profound mysteries: art, ambition, childhood, aging, and love. Startling and captivating, Mister Monkey is a breathtaking novel from a writer at the height of her craft"--
  abstract: "From New York Times bestselling author and house treasure Francine Prose comes this ingenious, darkly humorous novel that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's theater production"--
  abstract: Mister Monkey-- a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee-- is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows the production is dreadful and bemoans the failure of her acting career. One day she receives a mysterious letter from an anonymous admirer. As more lives get pulled into madcap situations, seemingly disparate lives become deeply connected-- even that of Mister Monkey, the Monkey God himself.
  note: Francine Prose.
  subject:
    topic: Musical theater
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Interpersonal relations
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Literary
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Humorous
  subject:
    topic: FICTION
    topic: Coming of Age
  subject:
    topic: Interpersonal relations
  subject:
    topic: Musical theater
  subject:
    topic: Actors
    genre: Fiction
  subject:
    topic: Black humor
    genre: Fiction
  classification: PS3566.R68 M57 2016
  classification: 813/.6
  classification: FIC019000 FIC016000 FIC043000
  identifier: 9780062397836
  identifier: 0062397834
  identifier: 9780062397850
  identifier: 2016013864
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 160502
    record change date: 20170926150656.0
    record identifier: in00003715981
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng