{"product_id":"9780571334452","title":"The Zoo","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Wilson, Christopher\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 6 July 2017 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e145 x 223 x 28 | 372g\u003cp\u003eThere are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows:That being official food-taster for the leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a 12-year-old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the great leader is dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat Marshal Bruhah has been known to eat his own children, while Comrade Krushka is only fit to run a slaughterhouse, and that one of them has Yuri's father somewhere here in the Dacha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat it's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Motherland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Yuri isn't. He sits quietly through another excessive state dinner and witnesses it all - betrayals, body doubles, buffoonery. He's starting to get the hang of this politics thing, but there's so much to learn. Who knew that a man could be in five places at once? That someone could break your nose as a sign of friendship? That people could be disinvented?The Zoo is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilson, Christopher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50665341583544,"sku":"9780571334452","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780571334452.jpg?v=1734691742","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780571334452","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}