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Simon & Schuster
March 2008
On Sale: March 4, 2008
384 pages
ISBN: 1416578781
EAN: 9781416578789
Hardcover
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"I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember
it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I
walked on two feet, just like a human being..." Ever
since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, his
back twisted beyond repair by the catastrophic events of
"that night" when a burning fog of poison smoke from the
local factory blazed out over the town of Khaufpur, and the
Apocalypse visited his slums. Now just turned seventeen and
well schooled in street work, he lives by his wits, spending
his days jamisponding (spying) on town officials and looking
after the elderly nun who raised him, Ma Franci. His nights
are spent fantasizing about Nisha, the girlfriend of the
local resistance leader, and wondering what it must be like
to get laid. When Elli Barber, a young American doctor,
arrives in Khaufpur to open a free clinic for the still
suffering townsfolk -- only to find herself struggling to
convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of
the Kampani -- Animal gets caught up in a web of intrigues,
scams, and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to
his own advantage. Profane, piercingly honest, and
scathingly funny, Animal's People illuminates a dark
world shot through with flashes of joy and lunacy. A
stunning tale of an unforgettable character, it is an
unflinching look at what it means to be human: the wounds
that never heal and a spirit that will not be quenched.
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