Zoo City

WINNER OF THE 2011 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARDbr>br>Lauren Beukes'' tale of a young woman trapped in a brutal city but looking for a way out . . .br>br>''A major, major talent'' George R. R. Martinbr>br>***br>br>Zinzi 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.br>br>Being 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.br>br>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.br>br>Look out for AFTERLAND, the new novel by Lauren Beukes br>br>***br>br>''Beukes is very *very* good. It feels effortless, utterly accomplished'' William Gibsonbr>br>''Beukes brings a secret tenderness and humanity to her off-kilter portrait of the here and now'' Guardianbr>br>''Exquisitely paced and impeccably controlled. An enormously satisfying novel'' New York Times Book Review>

About the author

LAUREN BEUKES is the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of The Shining Girls, which has been adapted by AppleTV+ starring Elisabeth Moss, as well as Zoo City, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Moxyland, Broken Monsters, and Afterland.
Her novels have been published in twenty-four countries, and she's also a screenwriter, comics writer, journalist, and award-winning documentary maker. She lives in London with two trouble cats and her daughter.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Beukes, Beukes Lauren
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.11.2018
• EAN: 9781405924054
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-2405-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, FICTION / Women, Technothriller, FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Cyberpunk, FICTION / Thrillers / Technological, FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Science Fiction / Steampunk, Thriller / suspense, Southern Africa, Modern and contemporary fiction, Science fiction: near-future, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Science fiction: steampunk