A beautiful truth

Colin McAdam

earliest edition we have, 2013 Granta Books, 2014 386 pages

"Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a Florida primate research facility, A Beautiful Truth--at times brutal, other times deeply moving--is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival. A powerful and haunting meditation on human nature told from the dual perspectives of a Vermont f...

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A beautiful truth edition · 2014 · Penguin · 292 pages · 9780143182221
Beautiful Truth edition · 2014 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9781616953782
Beautiful Truth edition · 2014 · Granta Books · 386 pages · 9781847088505
A beautiful truth edition · 2013 · Soho Press · 292 pages · 9781616953157
A beautiful truth edition · 2013 · 292 pages · 9781847088475

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