{"product_id":"zoo-city-beukes-lauren-9781405924054","title":"Zoo City","description":"\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 tenderness and humanity to her off-kilter portrait of the here and now'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely paced and impeccably controlled. An enormously satisfying novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Broken Binding","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124875567482,"sku":"9781405924054","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6558\/2840\/files\/9781405924054.jpg?v=1785328243","url":"https:\/\/thebrokenbinding.co.uk\/products\/zoo-city-beukes-lauren-9781405924054","provider":"The Broken Binding","version":"1.0","type":"link"}