New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Part love story, part thriller, part fairy tale, and part farce, this is the story of a unique couple: Madeline, a sleeping beauty who spends her days in an alcoholic stupor, and Erasmus, a 300 lb highly intelligent anthropoid ape. ISBN: 0-374-292035.