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    <body><![CDATA[On the cover of this interesting little novella, there are three statements:<br/><br/>~Mr. Thundermug is a baboon<br/>~Mr. Thundermug has a luxuriant mane of silvery hair<br/>~Mr. Thundermug has an unsettling mastery of speech<br/><br/>Your enjoyment of this story is largely going to be based ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5943855">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excessively strange little volume that I picked out without much expectation for its contents--the cover image of a rather majestic looking baboon is what sold me. It's an excessively quick read--more like an experiemental short story/novella than anything--but it has its moment of clever...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28926498">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this up off the remainders at the Cambridge bookstore across from Harvard Square.  A short fun read about a talking baboon making his way in the world of humans.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting so far...<br/><br/>I enjoyed the idea of this book much more than its actual execution.  I think I'd classify it as 2-1/2 stars rather than a full 3.  I found the ending too nebulous to satisfy me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really not sure how or what to rate this one. Let's just call it one of the strangest novels I've read in years, and leave it at that.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the most amazing monkey book i have ever read]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A little Kafka, a little reverse Tarzan, a little Gogol...a little book. My point being, it's an enchanting tale that is much too short. This reader wants a full-fledged novel. Orson Scott Card's &quot;Ender's Game&quot; started as a short story and look what happened to that! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a lovely and strange little book. I was up late last night reading it and I eagerly await something more from this author. He has a delicate and interesting style which required me to grab my dictionary a few times!<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is delightful. Already an art piece just from looking at the cover. Judge this book from the cover-- if you like how it looks and what it says on the front, you will probably like the book itself. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A whimsical, extremely short book about a talking baboon and his various adventures.  Cute, and the author also illustrated it himself.  It reminded me in a way of the book Winkie.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, if ultimately slight, tale of a baboon who mysteriously gains the ability of human speech.  Pretty good for a first novel.  Different for sure.  Medvei shows promise.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not very original, despite the way the inside leaf made it sound.  I guess I thought it would be a new or unique way of presenting the ideas, but it wasn't.<br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's about a talking monkey who has a heck of a time gaining acceptance in a people dominated social world. Nothing too special. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a heart-warming story about a monkey who learns to speak. Excellent]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[hated it, found it pointless. would have rather plucked my toe hair for hours.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The humor in this book is so understated as to be nonexistent.<br/>]]></body>
    
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