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Strangers have unusual animal companions in Zoo City.

Zoo City is a captivating thriller with elements of magic. The book has an imaginative plot and a unique concept of animal companions. The protagonist, Zinzi, is complex and relatable, making it easy for readers to empathize with her. It is a must-read for anyone who enjoys crime fiction with a twist of fantasy.

  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2011)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Novel (2010)
  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2011)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2017)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award (2017)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Zoo City

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ISBN: 9780316267922
Authors: Lauren Beukes
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Date of Publication: 2016-08-16
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 11143 readers)

Description

A new paperback edition of Lauren Beukes's Arthur C Clarke Award-winning novel set in a world where murderers and other criminals acquire magical animals that are mystically bonded to them.Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding lost things. When a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, Zinzi's forced to take on her least favorite kind of job--missing persons.Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell's undertow. Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives--including her own.
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Strangers have unusual animal companions in Zoo City.

Zoo City is a captivating thriller with elements of magic. The book has an imaginative plot and a unique concept of animal companions. The protagonist, Zinzi, is complex and relatable, making it easy for readers to empathize with her. It is a must-read for anyone who enjoys crime fiction with a twist of fantasy.

  • Arthur C. Clarke Award (2011)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2011)
  • British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Novel (2010)
  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2011)
  • Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2017)
  • Tähtivaeltaja Award (2017)
  • The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.