spideratari 's review for:

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

4.0

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Such a great, creative concept. It's a quick read but a fun one. Beukes creates wonderfully juicy, memorable and funny prose. I'd say her descriptions are like candy but that would be selling it short. She creates full course meals with her writing- Thanksgiving dinners even- in every page. A few of my favorite quotes: "All it takes is one Afghan warlord to show up with a Penguin in a bulletproof vest....", "She opens the door onto a spacious lounge with chairs arranged in a loose arc, facing a huge open fireplace- big enough to cook children in." And my favorite, about her car "....behaving like a rhinoceros on roller-skates spoiling for a fight, ..."

I can't get enough and I'm looking forward to reading more from her.