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The Zoo

by Christopher Wilson
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Patrick deWitt meets Catch 22, when a guileless young boy gets mixed up in Stalin's inner circle.
There are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows:
1. That being official food-taster for the Great Leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a twelve-year-old.
2. That you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the Great Leader is dying.
3. Yuri's father is somewhere here in the Dacha.
4. It's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Republic.
5. That, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool.
But Yuri isn't. He sits quietly through excessive state dinners 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.

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  • Release date

    May 1, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780735233980
      • File size: 2444 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780735233980
      • File size: 2444 KB

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  • Languages

    • English

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English