Hollow Kingdom Hollow Kingdom

Hollow Kingdom

    • 4.1 • 100 Ratings
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!

"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).

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. "those idiots"), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.

But when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. starts to think something's not quite right. 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. S.T. 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. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators.

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.

What could possibly go wrong?

Includes a Reading Group Guide.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2019
August 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.4
MB

Customer Reviews

TtFf292 ,

So funny

I could never stop laughing. Also died because I couldn’t stop laughing. (Love S.T.)

prhang ,

You learn the viewpoint of Nature from a

The critters and the evolution make one think. It’s beautiful.

girlguts ,

I could not love this more

Poetic, hilarious, beautiful, and exactly as deep as you want it to be. I laughed out loud and I sobbed. I took my dog for a sniff walk (mostly a. Real after crying) and didn’t rush him once. I draw the line at Jon Bon Jovi, but I will read anything this woman writes.

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