Zoo City

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Lauren Beukes: Zoo City (2011, Angry Robot, Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc.)

383 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2011 by Angry Robot, Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-85766-216-3
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4 stars (1 review)

Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things.

To save herself, she’s got to find the hardest thing of all: the truth.

An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.

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Review of 'Zoo City' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Intriguing. The world of zoos – people who commit a crime, and are punished with an animal familiar attached to them in some magical way – is interesting, and the South African setting is unusual. The plot also has curious elements: pop music, 419 scams, extortion, murder... All in all a refreshing, unusual book.

Subjects

  • South African fiction (English)