![]() ![]() When she is hired to find a missing person (her least favourite type of job) she soon finds herself dragged into the dangerous, dark underworld of the slums where the criminal class rule and policemen fear to tread. But every cloud has it's silver lining, and in the "Animalled" case they often have a special "gift", something individual and in some cases quite remarkable.įor the tough, street smart Zinzi this means an ability to find "lost" things, and together with her sloth, she eakes out an existence by finding and returning other people's lost property. In a modern day Johannesburg the "Animalled" are treated as second class citizens, and a form of segregation that has created a "Zoo City" where the outcasts live on the edge of society. This animal is so closely linked that if the creature dies, then they die too, in a suitably nasty fashion. Their past transgression manifest as a physical reminder. ![]() Those who have committed the crime of murder, or otherwise killed someone awoke one day to find themselves in the company of a familiar / spirit guide who is bound to them in spirit and soul. ![]() Zinzi December is a woman with a gift, and perhaps a curse - over ten years ago a remarkable and disturbing event changed the lives of many, and the world in general. Zoo City is an Urban fantasy novel by the South African author Lauren Beukes. ![]()
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