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  • The Zoo of Intelligent Animals

  • The Cleremont Conjectures, Book 2
  • By: D.A. Holdsworth
  • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Zoo of Intelligent Animals

By: D.A. Holdsworth
Narrated by: Paul Woodson
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London, 1977.

Year of the Silver Jubilee, the Sex Pistols—and a spate of unexplained disappearances from across the academic world.

Elizabeth Belfort, a young agent with a high-flying career and a low-flying marriage, is urgently dispatched to bring in an elusive government informant.

But she soon finds herself drawn into the mysterious world of this informant and his family as they embark on a rescue mission. New horizons and new loves start to overturn her well-ordered life. Before long, she is traveling across galaxies to confront an alien race, who've taken a special interest in planet Earth and its primary intelligent species. They've even made a special home for some of them.

In a zoo.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and inventive, The Zoo of Intelligent Animalsis the prequel to the bestselling How to Buy a Planet. Offering the same combination of satire and adventure, this novel is perfect for fans of Matt Haig, Neil Gaiman, or Erin Morgenstern.

QUARTER-FINALIST BookLife Prize 2022

Critics' score: 9 / 10

©2021 D.A. Holdsworth (P)2023 Tantor
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PLANET OF THE APES meets Marvel's THOR: RAGNAROK

It's "PLANET OF THE APES" meets Marvel's "THOR: RAGNAROK" with a bit of Vonnegut’s "SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE."
Set in the same universe but different prequel time(s) as his wildly inventive "HOW TO BUY A PLANET" sci-fi novel, this book is fun and entertaining but less madcap. For me, it's more compelling and more sophisticated regarding philosophical themes and implications. As the cover art suggests, if you like "THE GREAT ESCAPE" and smart sci-fi, then this audiobook (or book) is for you. I always get both so I can bounce back and forth.

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