Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental MemoirDuck Editions, 2000 - 337 pages A piece of confessional non-fiction, this 'accidental memoir' aims to shed new light on the Darwinian point of view. A descendent of Charles Darwin, Mathew Chapman grew up feeling intensely and hopelessly competitive with his ancestor. Tormented by a skin disease which disfigured him thoughout his youth, Chapman grew into a shy teenager, until cured, when he reunited himself with society in a most rampant and promiscuous way - ending up in Hollywood. |
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... became strike - breakers and started moving trains out of the yard , fighting broke out and shots were fired . Three men died immediately and many others , women included , were beaten and bayoneted . Darrow , who was now thirty - seven ...
... became strike - breakers and started moving trains out of the yard , fighting broke out and shots were fired . Three men died immediately and many others , women included , were beaten and bayoneted . Darrow , who was now thirty - seven ...
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... became more than an adult ; she became mother to her mother , and lost her youth . I never saw her drunk . I never saw her angry . Three non- professional tears escaped her in three years . They were tears of sympathy for me . One day ...
... became more than an adult ; she became mother to her mother , and lost her youth . I never saw her drunk . I never saw her angry . Three non- professional tears escaped her in three years . They were tears of sympathy for me . One day ...
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... became ' show business ' . Consenting Adults made a profit , not a large one , but enough not to be an embarrassment , and a lot of people had read the script before Pakula changed it . I was in demand . Studios offered me work . My fee ...
... became ' show business ' . Consenting Adults made a profit , not a large one , but enough not to be an embarrassment , and a lot of people had read the script before Pakula changed it . I was in demand . Studios offered me work . My fee ...
Contents
The End | 1 |
An Alligator Up My Arse In Roanoke Virginia | 10 |
The Menace Of Darwinism | 21 |
Copyright | |
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