| Great Apes | |
| Author: | Will Self |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Release Date: | 15 May 1997 |
| Media Type: | Print Paperback |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-7475-2987-3 |
| Dewey: | 823/.914 21 |
| Congress: | PR6069.E3654 G73 1997b |
| Oclc: | 37421032 |
Great Apes is a 1997 novel by Will Self.
After a night of drug use, Simon Dykes wakes up in a world where chimpanzees have evolved to be the dominant species with self-awareness, while humans are the equivalent of chimps in our world.
"Planet of the Apes meets Nineteen Eighty-Four. Simon Dykes wakes up one morning to a world where chimpanzees are self-aware and humans are the equivalent of chimps in our world. Simon has lived a life of quick drugs, shallow artists and meaningless sex. But this London, much like a PG Tips advert, has chimps in human clothing but with their chimpness intact. The carnivalesque world is humorous, gripping and provocative."[1]