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I love reviewing books - have been doing it at Goodreads, but considering moving here.
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The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution
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La Princesse Du Neanderthal
The premise for this book is about as ridiculous as usual for a Brigade Mondaine. A mad English scientist (les anglais!) has developed some kind of potion or gene therapy or something that can transform people into their Neanderthal ancestors. Well, since I don't think that homo sapiens is actually descended from Neanderthal man, that can't be quite correct, but let's not quibble about details. The important thing is that, as everyone knows, Neanderthals were sexually very active. So when he injects his serum into some hot young women, things start working out the way they usually do in these novels.Boris and Aimé (see my review of Le Monstre d'Orgeval for background) are soon on the trail of the mysteriously disappeared victims. But here's the sad part, that I at first could scarcely believe. Poor Boris is so busy tracking down the mad English scientist and his Stone-Age orgies that he, himself, never manages to get laid throughout the whole course of the book! I was shocked, and really worried for him. It was a clear sign that all was not well with the series.
Maybe they fired their good writer shortly before this book came out. I hope he (or, for all I know, she) comes out with an erotic roman à clé some time, in which all the characters are based on his or her former colleagues. It would serve them right, and I'd buy it in a flash. Even in hardback. Are you out there, former star Brigade Mondaine author? I'm talking to YOU!
