Almost Adam is a story about some anthropologists who discover an existing tribe of protohumans in a remote part of Kenya. Thrilled with their find and excited at having possibly found a "living missing link", they start to study the small tribe but things turn disastrous when civil war breaks out in the area. One of the anthropolgists, Ken, suddenly finds himself abandoned in the wild. His only means of survival is to assimilate into the protohuman tribe. One of them, a young boy, eventually accepts him and slowly they develop a close father-son relationship. There's lots of adventure, a love story, a bit of a mystery. I didn't much care for the focus on how sexuality “evolved” among primitive man, or the political violence and corruption in Africa (that was sometimes distracting and confusing). But the basic story was interesting, and the comradeship between the boy and Ken reminded me of another book I really love, An Imaginary Life.I read this book several years ago, borrowed from the public library.
Rating: 3/5 ........ 544 pages, 1996
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This doesn't sound my style, especially since it's a novel, but I LOVE the cover! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty cool image, isn't it? I think that's what made me first pick up the book.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting idea for a novel! And I agree, that's a great cover.
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