The Zoo

Author: Jamie Mollart

Advertising director James Marlowe puts in long alcohol and cocaine-fuelled hours, creating brilliant campaigns. Then he begins to despise his clients, his job, and himself – and his life disintegrates fast.

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‘Of course it’s a bloody lie. It’s an advertising campaign.’

James Marlowe has a gift for selling people things they don’t need. As he strives to meet the demands of rival colleagues, amoral clients and his young family, James has to raise his game. A cocktail of cocaine and alcohol fuels his ambition, but when body and mind can’t take any more, he plunges into a surreal world darker than the one he’s fallen from.

‘Grippingly dark and ultimately moving.’ Alison Moore

‘A little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho.’ The Skinny

Critic Reviews

‘The Zoo intrigued me from the very first page. Jamie Mollart’s debut novel is a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption.’

‘This was a book I read quickly and avidly.’

New Books Magazine

‘The Zoo is dark and relentless in its bleak portrayal of modern day consumerism and the effects we all ignore.’

We Love This Book

‘The journey may be somewhat exhausting, but it feels worthwhile, and we don’t lose hope that there will be a happy ending to this human and psychological thriller.’

Book Oxygen

‘One of those rare books that you have to read a second time the moment you reach the end – no small feat for a debut novel. This could well be the next Bret Easton Ellis.’

Staff recommendation, Waterstones Leicester

‘A little Mad Men and a lot American Psycho.’

The Skinny

About the Author

Jamie Mollart’s first novel, The Zoo, was published in 2015 and he was made an Amazon Rising Star. He is a long running guest on Litopia – the influential writing podcast – and has taught novel writing for Writing School Leicester. Jamie has won awards for his work in marketing, and is director of a creative advertising agency.