The zoo: Christopher Wilson - Softcover

The Zoo is exquisite. A biting satire that broke my heart. (Nathan Filer)

A wonderfully inventive and slyly constructed novel. Horrifying, horribly funny, and disgracefully entertaining. (John Banville)

So nimble and acute, by turns briskly hilarious and deeply humane . The Vonnegut comparisons are justified. (Stephen Kelman)

The energy and originality of Christopher Wilson's imagination is at its most striking in this fascinating novel . so engaging that it's impossible to put down. (Diana Athill)

Brilliantly written and resolutely unsentimental. A funny and poignant and wonderful book. (Nicholas Searle)

An Observer and Spectator Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Historical Writing Association Gold Crown Award Meet Yuri Zipit. A boy who's had a bang on the head in a collision with a Moscow milk truck. He has a kind face, makes friends easily, and likes to help. People want to tell him their secrets. Including the Great Leader himself, who takes a shine to Yuri when he employs him for his natural talents. In his new job, Yuri will witness it all - betrayals, body doubles, buffoonery. 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 brilliantly cutting satire told through the voice of one incredible boy.