Hollow Kingdom oozes with that pacific northwest ‘weird’ (which i, for one, appreciate) as the setting of the book is based in current-day Seattle and surrounding areas. I loved it. I got lost in the humor and sheer creativity of how these animals interact and communicate it was unlike anything I’ve read before. You may say it’s weird at first, but once you dive in, you’ll feel a kinship to this crow and the cast of animals that will give such a fun and spiritually-enlightening experience. There are those who would lift their nose at the synopsis of a POV from a ‘domesticated foul-mouthed crow with a fondness for Cheetos’ and those who smile and are eager at the chance to dive into such an absurd perspective. In some it sparks excitement and curiosity. Listening Length: 10 hours and 11 minutes Narrator: Robert PetkoffĪs a reader I’m constantly on the search for those authors that are bending the mold, shifting the hue of expectations and writing more for themselves than for a ‘target audience’. Kira Jane Buxton is one of those authors.
Hardcover, 308 pages Published August 6th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing “…Kira Jane Buxton’s Hollow Kingdom, has been sold to AMC for its first animated TV series.” – Buzz Books 2019 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. “those idiots”), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.īut when Big Jim’s eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. 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. “ 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). A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!
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