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I have always enjoyed reading folk tales of many different cultures. This book is a bit of a hybrid. It was written in the 17th century, based in part on the life of a Buddhist monk of the 7th century, and in part on even earlier folk tales of a monkey god, other gods and demons in Chinese folk tales. Then it goes through the blender of a British translator in the early 1940s. To say that his translations might be a little suspect would be an understatement. Still, even with the abrasiveness of the main character - simply called Monkey - it is an entertaining tale.