SOURCE: Titzell, Josiah. “An Exciting First Novel.” New York Herald Tribune Books (5 April 1931): 6.

In the following review, Titzell notes that His Monkey Wife is “original” and “extraordinary.”

His Monkey Wife is a book with which to choose your friends. Either they will like it tremendously or they will not be able to see it at all, but in either case they will feel strongly and you can accept or reject them depending on whether or not their reactions square with yours. I shall choose mine among those who share my excitement for this extraordinary first novel.

It is a dangerous business if you want people to like this book to try to tell them what it is about. Described it can seem to have a quantity of things in it that are not actually there, and similarly it is impossible to convey the subtle wit which makes you...