C J Cronin

Hurry Huchimp Be Bonobo Like C J Cronin

A charismatic Tahitian sailor anchors his old ketch off Lord Howe Island where a science conference is underway. Inspired, this amusing radical formulates a plan for a new democracy and a way to convert to it. He believes we can outlaw fossil fuels, stop global warming, and bring lasting peace to humanity (which he playfully dubs 'huchimps). Eventually he installs and heads the new democracy in New Zealand. But as climate change intensifies and global war threatens, events reach critical mass when it appears he and the American President are assassinated.