The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale
A star is born: with this brilliant and blazing novel, Benjamin Hale has produced the most unforgettable and original debut since Everything is Illuminated.
Bruno Littlemore; linguist, artist, philosopher. A life defined by a soaring mind, yet bound by a restrictive body. Born in down-town Chicago, Bruno's precocity pulls him from an unremarkable childhood, and under the tuition of Lydia, his intellect dazzles a watching world. But when he falls in love with his mentor, the world turns on them with outrage: Bruno is striving to be something he is not, and denying everything that he is. For despite his all too human complexities, dreams and frailties, Bruno's hairy body, flattened nose and jutting brow are, undeniably the features of chimpanzee.
Like its protagonist, this novel is big, abrasive, witty, perverse, earnest and accomplished. The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore goes beyond satire by showing us not what it means, but what it feels like be human - to love and lose, learn, aspire, grasp, and, in the end, to fail.
About The Author
Benjamin Hale is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he received a Provost's Fellowship to complete his novel, which also went on to win a Michener-Copernicus Award. He has been a night shift baker, a security guard, a trompe l'oeil painter, a pizza deliverer, a cartoonist, an illustrator and a technical writer. He grew up in Colorado and now lives in New York.
Format: Paperback | 592 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.9 x 14.7 x 4.2 | 670g
Publication Date: 19 May 2011
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1848875339
ISBN13: 9781848875333
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including scuff marks along the edges, and a large crease on the top-left corner of the back cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.