Seventeen outrageously humorous short stories that
illustrate the darker side of mankind. In Boyle's world failure
comes with the territory, although the protagonists frequently
don't understand the reason for it. A primate-center researcher
becomes romantically involved with a chimpanzee, and Norse poet
overcomes bard-block. These and other strange occurrences come
together in this collection of satirical stores that brilliantly
express just what the "evolution" of mankind has
wrought.