Ape House
Subtitle: A Novel
By: Sara Gruen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780385523219
Subjects: Human-animal relationships -- Fiction; Bonobo -- Fiction; Animal rights activists -- Fiction; Reality television programs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: 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.