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Second read for this fantasy. Hugely energetic mystery based around a brilliantly weird idea: people who commit serious crimes find themselves with linked animals, a bit like daemons but not nice--and if the animal dies, a weird shadowy doom comes for the person. The exploration of the social impacts of this (eg bad boy pop stars faking being animalled to look hard, or the issues of being animalled in prison) and the documentary inserts are probably my favourite aspects of this--the plot is a bit thin, on second read, but it's more than made up for by the exuberant ideas and vivid depictions of Jo'burg and the chaotic life of Zoo City where the animalled people live. There is a lot in here--muti, the dodgy world of manufactured pop stars, 419 scammers, issues of child soldiers and a lot more--and it's a very loud non-stop ride. Much fun.