{"product_id":"9781489403872","title":"The Zoo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat being official food-taster for the leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a 12-year-old.\u003cbr\u003eThat you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the great leader is dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003eThat it's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Motherland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bolinda Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028593098992,"sku":"9781489403872","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781489403872_p0.jpg?v=1763642127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781489403872","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}