{"product_id":"the-zoo","title":"The Zoo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e That being official food-taster for the leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a 12-year-old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the great leader is dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat Marshal Bruhah has been known to eat his own children, while Comrade Krushka is only fit to run a slaughterhouse, and that one of them has Yuri's father somewhere here in the Dacha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat it's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Motherland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e But Yuri isn't. He sits quietly through another excessive state dinner and witnesses it all - betrayals, body doubles, buffoonery. He's starting to get the hang of this politics thing, but there's so much to learn. Who knew that a man could be in five places at once? That someone could break your nose as a sign of friendship? That people could be disinvented?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Zoo is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704830988457,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/WilsonChristopher.jpg?v=1667088475","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-zoo","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}