The Imaginary Monkey

by Sean French

Book by French, Sean

128 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1993

About the author

Half of the husband/wife writing team of Nicci French. He studied English Literature at Oxford University. He has been a film critic and biographer.

Nicci Gerrard and Sean French also write separately.

Reviews

[Jesse Houle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book in a thrift store for 25 cents and it caught my eye for one reason or another despite never having heard of it or the author. Wedged in between a bunch of Christian and self help books, I wonder what the reason was for it being given away to Salvation Army. Was all the vivid description of sex acts (all of them described with the perspective of the intensely meticulous and hopelessly awakward style of the self-deprecating protagonist) too shocking? Was the twist half way through too ridiculous? Were they just bored by it? Could they not relate? Did they love it and simply want to share? I'm not sure, but when reviewing the book and not my purchase, I suppose this is unwarranted conjecture.

I opened to a random page to test whether or not this book would be worthy of my quarter. It read something like "After Susan waddling around my house became more like a piece of furniture, something I could be comfortable with and toy with when I wanted, I presented her with my erect cock like a bouquet." SOLD.

This book was not only entertaining in its descriptions of relationships, but surprisingly to me very insightful in its observations on how we interact and behave, especially when sexually involved or at least interested in the people we're interacting with.

It's a quick read, and if you don't mind some crude language, well worth it.