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  • The Zoo of Intelligent Animals

  • The Cleremont Conjectures, Book 2
  • By: D.A. Holdsworth
  • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Summary

If the ticket is free, it means you're the attraction

London, 1977.

Year of the Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols—and a spate of unexplained disappearances from across the academic world.

Elizabeth Belfort, a young agent with a high-flying career and a low-flying marriage, is urgently dispatched to bring in an elusive government informant.

But she soon finds herself drawn into the mysterious world of this informant and his family as they embark on a rescue mission. New horizons and new loves start to overturn her well-ordered life. Before long, she is traveling across galaxies to confront an alien race, who've taken a special interest in planet Earth and its primary intelligent species. They've even made a special home for some of them.

In a zoo.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and inventive, The Zoo of Intelligent Animalsis the prequel to the bestselling How to Buy a Planet. Offering the same combination of satire and adventure, this novel is perfect for fans of Matt Haig, Neil Gaiman, or Erin Morgenstern.

QUARTER-FINALIST BookLife Prize 2022

Critics' score: 9 / 10
©2021 D.A. Holdsworth (P)2023 Tantor
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A brilliant follow up to How to Buy A Planet.

I enjoyed the 1st book in this series (How to Buy a Planet) but, in my opinion, this one is better. The plot, pace and story were excellent and I was hooked in from the 1st chapter.

Set many years before the 1st book it takes us back in time to explain how Mrs B becomes Mrs B. I don't want to spoil the plot so I'll just focus on how I experienced the story and how it's told. The descriptions were so vivid that I could easily imagine where they were and this plays into the action-adventure elements of the story. I also loved the blossoming love story between a couple of the characters. Like the previous book, there is a pace to it but there are also some moments to catch your breath and this is where the characters really come to life.

I had looked for another book in the series but I guess we'll have to wait. I'm looking forward to seeing how this series plays out.

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