{"product_id":"zoo-city","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317865161086,"sku":"NW9781405924054","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781405924054.jpg?v=1778698186","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/zoo-city","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}