9780679750093

The Evolution Man

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ISBN13: 9780679750093

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Here is a typical Stone Age family, reimagined by Roy Lewis in this hilarious novel as characters in some glittering drawing-room comedy. Father, who has a scientific turn of mind, has just discovered fire. Mother makes sure the children finish supper, even when the plat du jour is toad. Uncle Vanya thinks that the species has been flirting with disaster ever since it began to chip flint into tools. While little Alexander has gotten himself in deep trouble by making the first cave painting: artists are always so misunderstood.

Long out of print, The Evolution Man would make Charles Darwin turn over in his grave. Lewis has written a witty, intelligent satire of the lives of our remote ancestors, complete with highly revisionist accounts of everything from the origins of courtship to the staples of Pleistocene cuisine. It's the funniest thing to happen to prehistory since Raquel Welch donned a fur bikini in One Million B.C.

ISBN-13

9780679750093

ISBN-10

0679750096

Weight

0.44 Pounds

Dimensions

5.18 x 0.63 x 7.95 In

List Price

$16.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

224 pages

Publisher

Vintage

Published On

1994-08-30



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