The Zoo

Christopher Wilson

2017년 7월 · Bolinda · 내레이터: Ewan Goddard

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There are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows: That being official food-taster for the leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a 12 year old. That you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the great leader is dying. That 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. That it's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Motherland. That, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool. But 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? The Zoo is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope.

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Christopher Wilson is the author of novels including Gallimauf's Gospel, Baa, Blueglass, Mischief, Fou, The Wurd, The Ballad of Lee Cotton and Nookie. His work has been translated into several languages, adapted for the stage and twice shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award. Wilson completed a published PhD on the psychology of humour at LSE, worked widely as a research psychologist and semiotic consultant and lectured for ten years at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has taught creative writing in prisons, at university and for The Arvon Foundation. He lives in North London.

Ewan began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company for their production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, then spent five years with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's youth theatre, appearing in a number of plays and musicals. He made his television debut in 2014 in BBC's Doctors. He is also a voiceover artist, narrating books for Benjamin Zephaniah, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Joanne Harris. He recently voiced Talpa, a discerning mole-like alien for Doctor Who: Maker of Demons, alongside Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.