It's an adventure lit by strange myths, brand-names, television and smartphone screens, a fable with teeth and claws about animals making new lives amongst the ruins of humanity. " Hollow Kingdom is a nature book for our own age, an exuberant, glittering, hard-hitting mashup of Dawn of the Dead and The Incredible Journey. What could possibly go wrong? Includes a Reading Group Guide. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a cowardly crow whose only knowledge of the world comes from TV. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators.
is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he suddenly discovers that the neighbors are devouring one other. His tried-and-true remedies-from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis-fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. starts to think something's not quite right. "those idiots"), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.īut when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (i.e. " The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the Apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author). Lauren Suidgeest, Schuler Books (Grand Rapids), Grand Rapids, MIĪ finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor! This novel is outrageously fun, witty, timely, strange, and definitely worth the read.” the aforementioned crow - sets off on an adventure around Seattle to save the human race from its seemingly rapid demise. “Who could ask for a better narrator for the zombie apocalypse than a crudely hilarious, domesticated crow? S.T.
Dena Kurt, River Lights Bookstore, Dubuque, IA Winter 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List Thank you for restoring my faith that this world may live on.” I really can’t think of another current novel that conveys such humor, joy, sorrow, and hope so beautifully. Her vision of the zombie apocalypse is a strange and wonderful journey I want to take again and again.
Kira Jane Buxton speaks crow, gull, dog, housecat, and owl with such fluency and poetry that I could not put this book down. a foul-mouthed, idealistic, moral crow with unquenchable courage - and his sidekick, a befuddled bloodhound.
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