A comedy with teeth ... razor sharp and darkly funny (TIMES)Boyles prose is so good and his imagination so fertile that after a while you just sit back and are swept along (TELEGRAPH)Surreal, daring and compassionate. Easily one of the best books of the year (MAIL)Superb ... if Boyle was from this side of the pond, this is the book theyd all have to beat for the Booker Prize (SUNDAY TIMES)Its 2025, and 75yearold environmentalist and retired ecoterrorist Ty Tierwater is eking out a bleak living managing a pop stars private zoo.It is the last one in southern California, and vital for the cloning of its captive species. Once, Ty was so serious about environmental causes that as a radical activist committed to Earth Forever! he endangered the lives of both his daughter, Sierra, and his wife, Andrea.Now, when hes just trying to survive in a world cursed by storm and drought, Andrea reenters his life.Frightening, funny, surreal and gripping, T.C. Boyles story is both a modern morality tale, and a provocative vision of the future.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Classification: FA; Weight: 328 g; Dimensions: 194 x 118 x 18

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