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Book’s name: ZOOLOGY
Author: Ben Dolnick
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Henry thinks he’s a promising jazz musician. The truth is less glamorous. At 18, he dropped out of university, lives with his folks and spends his time with the family dog! So, when his brother offers to put him up for the summer in his New York apartment, Henry is agog…But since jazz gigs aren’t immediately forthcoming, he starts work at the Central Park kids’ zoo. As he chops veggies and shovels dung, his world expands to include a motley crew of zookeepers, doormen and animals of all kinds. Of these, the undisputed star is Newman, a stoic Nubian goat, in whom Henry confides his growing love for Margaret, the girl upstairs. As the months unfold in a haze of jazz bars, ill-advised romance and hard truths about family, Henry learns what it is to love-and to lose.
Hot tip: A funny, wise and heartwarming tale of a young man’s first forays into love during a long, hot summer in New York….