What happens when the Manhattan zoo empties its cages?

John, part radicalised anarchist, part ticking time bomb, is haunted by a particular story, that of Willow, a 9-year old mute who flees to New York after her brutal rape. The only way his girlfriend, Felicity, can stop the clock counting down is by disentangling the riddle of their pasts, before their entwined futures are blown to pieces.

Quentin Canterel's second novel presents a collage of voices, dead and alive, in a unique and unnerving book that experiments with form, structure and language.

Truly a mystery shrouded in an enigma.

A vibrant and surprising literary achievement – dazzling in its varied voices but also filled with passion and humanity.

A story in which nothing is quite as it seems and that takes its cues from literature (John Bunyan) and Americana (Paul Bunyan) and featuring a main character who is both compelling and completely unique.