{"product_id":"zoo-city-9781405924054","title":"Zoo City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR BEHIND BRAND NEW APPLE TV HIT \u003ci\u003eSHINING GIRLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2011 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A major, major talent''\u003c\/b\u003e GEORGE R.R. MARTIN\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, she''s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions reside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead 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.\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eBeukes is very *very* good. It feels effortless, utterly accomplished''\u003c\/b\u003e William Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Beukes brings a secret tenderne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Beukes] \u003cb\u003ebrings a secret tenderness and humanity\u003c\/b\u003e to her off-kilter portrait of the here and now * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eLauren Beukes is \u003cb\u003every, *very* good\u003c\/b\u003e. It feels \u003cb\u003eeffortless\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eUtterly accomplished\u003c\/b\u003e -- William Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fabulous outing from an extremely promising writer\u003c\/b\u003e ... [It] has \u003cb\u003eso much fabulous wordplay\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eimaginative \u003c\/b\u003esettings and scenarios, and such a dark and cynical heart that \u003cb\u003eI was totally riveted by it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Cory Doctorow\u003cbr\u003eBeukes's energetic noir phantasmagoria ... \u003cb\u003ecrackles with original ideas \u003c\/b\u003e... Beukes skilfully employs all the twists of \u003cb\u003efirst-rate noir\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003epowerful indeed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jeff Vandermeer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeukes delivers \u003cb\u003ea thrill ride \u003c\/b\u003ethat gleefully merges narrative styles and tropes, \u003cb\u003ealmost single-handedly pulling the \"urban fantasy\" subgenre back towards its groundbreaking roots\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnergetic and imaginative\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ePacked with colour, dark humour and thought-provoking ideas\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoo City\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean absolute must\u003c\/b\u003e for anyone with a taste for the wilder edges of the genre * SFX Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eunputdownable\u003c\/b\u003e * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003eAn\u003cb\u003e unpredictable and helluva awesome read\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat *\u003cbr\u003eLauren Beukes is Jeff Noon crossed with Raymond Chandler. \u003cb\u003eI loved it, it's going to be huge\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paul Cornell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI couldn't put this down. It's weird, thrilling, funny...\u003c\/b\u003e filled with sleazy characters and lots of bad attitude -- Mike Nicol\u003cbr\u003eAn unfamiliar land full of familiars, a broken Johannesburg peopled with damaged wonders...\u003cb\u003e If our words are bullets, Lauren Beukes is a marksman in a world of drunken machine-gunners\u003c\/b\u003e -- Bill Willingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoo City\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003epure originality \u003c\/b\u003e... a book that had me reading it revelling in Beukes' magical way with words * SF Signal *\u003cbr\u003eAt times the witty and lyrical prose is \u003cb\u003esheer magic\u003c\/b\u003e, the story \u003cb\u003ecaptivating\u003c\/b\u003e and the characters exotic, cruel and \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e while the backdrop of Johannesburg seethes with hidden, lurking dangers around every corner, \u003ci\u003eZoo City \u003c\/i\u003eis quite simply captivating * SciFi \u0026amp; Fantasy Books *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738967552343,"sku":"9781405924054","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405924054.jpg?v=1720050730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/zoo-city-9781405924054","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}