B. Monkey [Paperback]

Andrew Davies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Read her name! B. Monkey. You can still see it, emblazoned on the cars, the trains, the writing on the wall. Now she's Beatrice. Steady job, steady man, off the drugs, on the level. But going straight can't compare with the heady thrill of life on the edge. Not when the past keeps hooking in to the present. Not when Alan, her love, her rescuer, her future, can never hope to understand...

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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About the Author

Andrew Davies was born in Cardiff in 1936 and lives in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. He is married, with two grown-up children, and five years ago he resigned from his teaching job at Warwick University to write full time. His play, Rose, starring Glenda Jackson, played to full houses at the Duke of York's theatre and was subsequently produced on Broadway and in many other countries; and Prin, starring Shelia Hancock, was staged in 1989 to great acclaim. He has won numerous awards for his work on television, including the Writer's Award of the Royal Television Society for A Very Peculiar Practice and the 1989 BAFTA Writer's Award. His previous works of fiction include Getting Hurt and Dirty Faxes. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 217 pages
• Publisher: Miramax (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786882492
• ISBN-13: 978-0786882496
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,089,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You're Sick of Average Sappy Love Story, Read This Book!, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: B. Monkey (Paperback)

I first picked up a copy of B Monkey almost a year ago and was wonderfied with this book. The story of Alan Furnace and his beloved 'B. Monkey' (READ MY NAME) is anything but your average paperback love story. Both the story and the language of the book pull no punches. B Monkey is raw and unforgiving with it's truthfulness and candor, yet it reads and feels like the love story it is. If you're sick and tired of the average sap-fest you find in most love stories, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK! You won't be disappointed!

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, February 12, 2011

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This review is from: B. Monkey (Paperback)

This book is the source of a great movie by the same name. The movie expands on the off-beat love story and cuts out many un-necessary scenes from the novel which makes the movie a much more enjoyable experience.

5.0 out of 5 stars Insanely good, September 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: B. Monkey (Paperback)

I ordered a copy of B Monkey just a few weeks back. I finally picked it up and couldn't but the darn thing down.It's style and voice, how he gives you Alan's point of view and B's. Heavens I didn't want it to end.