Falling through the cracks from last week: According to the New York Times, LIFE OF PI author Yann Martel just sold his next book for a not-shabby $3 million. The description in the article is not very appealing, so let's skip to the good stuff, connected under the category "whimsical novels about animals": "[WATER FOR ELEPHANTS author Sara] Gruen is working on APE HOUSE, a novel about bonobo apes who star in a reality television show." Oh my.