It’s been a while since I got so engrossed in a novel. I fell in love with The Humans before I reached the end of the first page. The alien’s wry observation and interpretation of human behaviour was spot on. This led the alien to believe churches were temples to the orgasm. It read a copy of Cosmopolitan and thought our ultimate goal was an orgasm. The alien’s interpretation of earth and human behaviour was hilarious. It tells the police clothes are restrictive and prevent it from having a tantric orgasm. Professor Martin is famous and the police ask the alien why he’d naked. The alien is finally apprehended by police. It goes into a petrol station and eats and drinks a lot of food before stealing a map. The alien thinks spitting is form of greeting and spits back. People yell at it from passing cars and spit at it. The alien wearing Professor Martin’s body wanders down a motorway completely naked.

I laughed so much I cried and almost pissed my pants at some parts. The Humans is one of the funniest novels I’ve read in a long time. I thought Haig’s concept for The Human was impressive and original. The alien also has to destroy any human Martin told about his discovery. His task is to destroy any evidence Martin’s solved a famous riddle because the human race isn’t ready for the knowledge this creates. The Humans is narrated by an alien who’s been sent to earth to take over Professor Martin’s body. I might have to buy myself a copy to and adore over and over. The Humans is almost as good as The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I laughed until I cried when I read some parts of it. It’s funny, sad, touching and sort of beautiful. It’s one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. And he’s a dog.Ĭan a bit of Debussy and Emily Dickenson keep him from murder? Can the species which invented cheap white wine and peanut butter sandwiches be all that bad? And what is the warm feeling he gets when he looks into his wife’s eyes? In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. ONE WET FRIDAY EVENING Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world’s greatest mathematical riddle.

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