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Byatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her beastly, risky best.' \u003c\/b\u003eEley Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen my species has destroyed itself, we may need yours to start it all again. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn London Zoo, Professor Darrylhyde is singing to the apes again. Outside their cage, he watches the two animals, longing to observe the mating ritual of this rare species. But Percy, inhibited by confinement and melancholy, is repulsing Edwina's desirous advances. Soon, the Professor's connection increases as he talks, croons, befriends - so when a scientist arrives on a secret governmental mission to launch Percy into space, he vows to secure his freedom. But when met by society's indifference, he takes matters into his own hands . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA trailblazing animal rights campaigner, Brigid Brophy's sensational 1953 novel is as provocative and philosophical seventy years on. An electric moral fable, it is as much a blazingly satirical reflection on homo sapiens as the non-human - on our capacity for violence, red in tooth and claw, not only to other species, but our own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201818296498,"sku":"9780571381296","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571381296.jpg?v=1786033315"},{"product_id":"9781739744175","title":"In Transit","description":"At the airport, Pat - an Anglo-Irish character of undetermined gender - is called to a heroic quest. Adrift within the airport's confines and multiple time zones, they undergo a journey of self-discovery. Supersonic Concordes soar in the skies outside, inside the airport Pat is uprooted. 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Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I read it in one sitting ... Wonderful!' Claire-Louise Bennett\u003cbr\u003e'A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion.' Eley Williams\u003cbr\u003e'One of the wittiest British writers of the past half century ... A comet in her day.' Terry Castle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Readers Are Saying:\u003cbr\u003eAn ornate masterpiece. Sensual, wicked, clever; its dark heart glittering. So pleasurable and original and weird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTakes the heady, lusty, excitement that comes with new love and mingles it with the exuberance, decadence, and hedonism of NYE ... A short swirling treat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA perfect little masterpiece, an opera in paperback ... I was seduced and I hoped and I flinched and I laughed and I admired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lovechild of Angela Carter and Virginia Woolf: trippy and fluid, existential and erotic, funny and witty: a hedonistic comedy of manners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI think I love this crazy little book .. Super sexy ... Made me hoot out loud with glee for the language and audacity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh man, this was a lot of fun. 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