Quinn also traces these problems back to the agricultural revolution and offers a provocative rereading of the biblical stories of Genesis. Despite some gross oversimplifications, Quinn's ideas are fairly convincing it's hard not to agree that unrestrained population growth and an obsession with conquest and control of the environment are among the key issues of our times. Through Ishmael, Quinn offers a wide-ranging if highly general examination of the history of our civilization, illuminating the assumptions and philosophies at the heart of many global problems. The bulk of the book consists entirely of philosophical dialogues between gorilla and man, on the model of Plato's Republic. Apply in person.'') and thereby meets a wise, learned gorilla named Ishmael that can communicate telepathically. The unnamed narrator is a disillusioned modern writer who answers a personal ad (``Teacher seeks pupil. Quinn ( Dreamer ) won the Turner Tomorrow Award's half-million-dollar first prize for this fascinating and odd book-not a novel by any conventional definition-which was written 13 years ago but could not find a publisher.
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