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When Simon Legris returns from an expedition to Africa, he brings home a monkey that understands human speech and names him Jacques LeSinge. Jacques becomes his servant. While in the service of an ailing marquis, Legris receives some shattering hews - Jacques has been accused of molesting the aristocrat's wife and has been dismissed in disgrace.
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2009Black Swan · 400 pages · 9780552774239
- Other · English · 2008Hartlepool MonkeyPenguin Random House · 9781407035932
- Other · English · 2008Hartlepool MonkeyPenguin Random House · 9781407033488
- Other · English · 2008Hartlepool MonkeyPenguin Random House · 9781407035925
- Other · English · 2008Hartlepool MonkeyTransworld Publishers Limited · 9781407033495
- Other · English · 2008Doubleday · 333 pages · 9780385612531
MonkeysFictionHistoryTrials (Espionage)Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Physicians, fictionParis (france), fictionFiction, historical, general