Behold the Ape
James Morrow (2023)

When Sonya Orlova, a successful 1930s horror-film actress, crosses paths with a gorilla whose brain has been swapped for the frozen cerebrum of the late Charles Darwin, the two are inspired to write and produce evolution-themed monster movies-with Sonya in her greatest role, Korgora the Ape Woman!

A very strange story of improbable brain surgery and Hollywood. Charles Darwin appears, about a century after his time as an Ape.

It’s not clear if it’s intended as a satire of evolution or creationism. It’s certainly fanciful and barrels along, ploughing through movie references (some must be real) and characters from Hollywood’s golden age.