Mister monkey : a novel

Resource Information

The work Mister monkey : a novel represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Mister monkey : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Francine Prose

Creator

• Prose, Francine, 1947-

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• McNamara, Nan
• Heyborne, Kirby

Author

• Prose, Francine, 1947-

Narrator

• McNamara, Nan
• Heyborne, Kirby

Subject

• Musical theater -- Fiction
• Humorous fiction
• Interpersonal relations -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Humorous fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

813/.54

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

PerformerNote

• Read by Kirby Heyborne and Nan McNamara
• Performed by Kirby Heyborne and Nan McNamara

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable