Me Cheeta: The Autobiography (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
What a brilliant concept. Very, very funny. A satire that pokes fun at celebrity culture, Hollywood, autobiographies, and the ethics of keeping apes as pets. An absolute delight to read. Did I say it's very funny? It is an astounding piece of imagination. Perhaps the best thing is the attention to detail. James Lever must have read hundreds of celeb autobiographies to create this book. I don't envy him, but I'm very grateful that he did. Thought I'd enjoy this a lot more than I did. The joke wore thin very quickly, and the scurrilous Gossip Babylon stuff was laid on so thick, it lost any shock impact it might have had. Hence my reading of it really dragged.On the plus side, Cheeta's relationship with Johnny was much more subtly and affectingly dealt with, and I found it genuinely poignant. I also closed the book with a real hankering to watch some of those old Weissmuller/O'Sullivan Tarzan pictures; can't remember any of 'em ever coming up on TV. Stupid TV.
What do You think about Me Cheeta: The Autobiography (2008)?
A wonderful book beautifully written. Very funny and very moving. A tale of love.
—angela
everything you'd want in a Hollywood tell-all. ouch.
—Davidjr___
loved the premise. v amusing, and strangely moving
—karbs
