Location : Cleveland, OH
A very interesting novel.
The book opens with Jane Charlotte talking to a psychiatrist in the Las Vegas County Jail. Is she sane? Hard to tell, based on the fact that she believes that she was recruited by a division of an organization dedicated to fighting evil. This division is called Bad Monkeys. Bad Monkeys are basically the hit men for the people designated as "evil" by other divisions within the organization. They don't use traditional means to execute people, they have special weapons which make it look like the person died of some sort of natural cause.
During the interview, you get Jane's explanation of her life, how she was recruited, and how she came to be in the Jail defending her actions.
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff, isn't like anything I have read. What is fact? What is a product of Jane's mind? The psychiatrist adds his comments throughout the novel, usually backed up by facts, like police reports. And yet, I was drawn into Jane's story. What is going on in her mind? Is she trying to get away with murder by using a most imaginative ploy? It is hard to tell
Even though this wasn't a novel I am used to reading, I continued to turn pages at an amazing clip.
This is, I believe, a very original work. I can't think of another term to use, so "original" will have to due.
Short review, yes. I am still trying to grasp all that I have read.
It was that good.
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