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The Zoo

By: Jamie Mollart
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Summary

James Marlowe puts in long alcohol- and cocaine-fuelled hours as an advertising director. As his life disintegrates around him, he comes to despise his clients, the corporate world, and himself.

Now his imagination is fired by a set of characters he calls The Zoo. They lead him into a world crazier than the one that's thrown him out. The way back to sanity might lie behind the fantasy.

©2015 Jamie Mollart (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd

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"A truly exceptional debut novel...sure to be one of the big hits of 2015." ( The Book Trust)
" The Zoo intrigued me from the very first page. Jamie Mollart's debut novel is a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption." (Alison Moore, author of Man Booker shortlisted The Lighthouse)

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