a Joy to Read.'- Buzzfeed, 'A call to liberate ourselves from our own domestication. No ordinary (you know, entirely alive) humans are featured here, but the animals, and in particular a certain domesticated crow who is our foul-mouthed narrator, are wicked funny and irresistibly endearing.'- Sullivan County Democrat, 'Surprisingly Tender, Laugh-Out-Loud Funny, and Deliciously Strange. 'Beautifully written and hilarious, science fiction and zombie horror and serious literature, and seemingly by accident kind of virtuous - almost shockingly good-hearted and inspiring. 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. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators. 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. 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. starts to think something's not quite right. But when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. 'those idiots'), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos (R). 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. 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).

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