But even better, this book is timely, smart, movingly written, and beautifully concluded.” “Everything you're hearing about Kira Jane Buxton's Hollow Kingdom-that it's wildly original and inventive, funny and profane-is wonderfully true. You’ll laugh out loud, and then check to make sure you haven’t lost an eyeball." "Kira Jane Buxton’s voice is fresh, like a newly dug grave, but so joyful and honest the irrepressible, cursing crow is my new favourite apocalyptic hero.” “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 humorous, bighearted, and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero. Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a foulmouthed crow whose knowledge of the world around him comes from his TV-watching education.
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 discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators roaming Seattle. His most 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 feel like something isn't quite right. Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and 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 (those idiots) and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer-Cheetos. Hollow Kingdom Available Now Grand Central Publishing (US), Headline Publishing (UK), Planeta de Libros (SPA), and Fischer Tor (DEU) One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.
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