Photo: Richard Loncraine
Felice fallon
Agent: Isobel Dixon
Assistant: Finlay Charlesworth
Biography: Felice Fallon was born in Los Angeles, California, lived for a while in Hawaii and worked in advertising in Frankfurt and New York before moving to London to marry and raise a family. In her mid-fifties she read history, politics and philosophy at Birkbeck and has also written screenplays. Interviews with an Ape is her debut novel.
‘An unusually powerful book — and a timely one too.’ — Michael Palin
‘Revealing, perceptive and chilling in turns, the book is unlike any other I have read. Felice Fallon's ability to write with so many voices makes Interviews with an Ape compelling and thought-provoking. It will break your heart and change your mind.’ — Joanna Lumley
‘I will remember the story of Einstein for the rest of my life . . . This book should be read by everyone.’ — Virginia McKenna
‘In a story told with compassion and candour, Fallon succeeds in bringing a new and vital challenge to our the long-held belief of “us” and “them”.’ – Esther Woolfson, author of Between Light and Storm: How We Live with Other Species
‘Quite stunningly original, moving and engrossing.’ – Derek Jacobi
‘A rare and sparkling jewel, - actually, a veritable treasure chest.’ – Celia Imrie
‘A life-changing book which shines a light on humanity in a way that I have seldom read. I would urge you to read it and let it cast its spell on you!’ – Jenny Seagrove
‘Affecting and delivered without mawkishness.’ – New Statesman
‘Moving as well as shocking. The ending does what books often have to try harder than movies to achieve: it makes you cry.’ – The Herald Scotland
INTERVIEWS WITH AN APE
Literary fiction,
Century, 2021
Ripped from family.
Sold into captivity.
Held for financial gain.
This is a book about vulnerable animals and the men who hunt them. And it's about us. Our pasts and our present, and the way we see the world.
It's about the triumph of hope, our infinite capacities to endure and to love - and how we survive through the tales we tell.
Most of all it's a story of homecoming told through a gorilla called Einstein who comes to us with a remarkable secret. He can communicate with humans through sign language.
Interviews With An Ape is a work of imaginative daring, written with a direct simplicity yet deep insight. A novel of beginnings and endings, destruction and restoration, its many voices will linger long in the memory and in the heart.