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Zoo City
Arthur C. · 2011 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur C. Clarke Award | 2011 | Winner | “Lauren Beukes's South African urban fantasy won for its original conception of guilt made physically manifest, its vivid Johannesburg setting, and the freshness of its African perspective within genre SF.” |
About This Book
In a Johannesburg where criminals are magically bonded to animals, Zinzi December—bonded to a sloth—uses her gift for finding lost things, until a job tracking a missing pop star leads her into terrible danger.
About the Author
Lauren Beukes is a South African author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker known for her science fiction, crime fiction, and horror. She won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Zoo City (2011), a South African urban fantasy about a woman with a pet sloth-familiar in a Johannesburg where criminals are bonded to animals. Read more →
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