- South African Science fiction, South African fiction (English), Missing persons, Music trade
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she’s got to find the hardest thing of all: the truth. An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Mai Més, Brilliance Audio, Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc.
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781491513163
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