Did the Smarter Apes Stay in the Trees?

Does the state of the world leave you feeling battered, gloomy, depressed?

Phil Trapp's new book will have you laughing despite yourself. The title - Did the Smarter Apes Stay in the Trees? - should be a dead giveaway that this satire takes an irreverent, tongue-in-cheek look at human foibles.

The book is written in the form of five taped dialogues between Grandfather, the fount of wisdom, and his newly graduated, somewhat lost Grandson. Grandfather proposes a hilarious group of related theor...