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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Page 150
... wife at a regular hour , then wakes up around one a.m. , and returns to work . After a few hours , he then goes home again , hops into bed for an hour , and wakes up to have breakfast with the family . ' I just ran right into him and he ...
... wife at a regular hour , then wakes up around one a.m. , and returns to work . After a few hours , he then goes home again , hops into bed for an hour , and wakes up to have breakfast with the family . ' I just ran right into him and he ...
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... wife , his second wife , works at Long Johns , one of the eateries out along the Highway . Between them they have three kids , two hers , one his . He has breakfast with them when he comes home , sees them off to school , then sleeps ...
... wife , his second wife , works at Long Johns , one of the eateries out along the Highway . Between them they have three kids , two hers , one his . He has breakfast with them when he comes home , sees them off to school , then sleeps ...
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... wives were sloppily embracing new wives . Boredom and indiffer- ence had been subsumed by love . Promises were being ... wife and Francis - and it was over . I cannot remember if Ludovic , who , as the youngest , had suffered most from ...
... wives were sloppily embracing new wives . Boredom and indiffer- ence had been subsumed by love . Promises were being ... wife and Francis - and it was over . I cannot remember if Ludovic , who , as the youngest , had suffered most from ...
Contents
The End | 1 |
An Alligator Up My Arse In Roanoke Virginia | 10 |
The Menace Of Darwinism | 21 |
Copyright | |
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