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==References==

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[[Category:Novels set in zoos]]

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Book by Steven Conte

The Zookeeper’s War (2007) is a novel by Australian author Steven Conte. It won the inaugural Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction in 2008.

Plot summary

The novel tells the story of Vera Frey, a young Australian who marries the heir to Berlin Zoo just prior to World War II. As the zoo’s workers are conscripted and replaced by PoWs, Vera and her husband Axel fight to maintain the zoo’s standards and to survive as the world about them disintegrates.

Notes

• Dedication: For my grandmother, Marion Marcus, 1901-2003. With love and thanks for other stories.

Reviews

• John Bailey in The Age noted: “Conte’s prose style is unhurried and unforced, rarely indulging in acrobatic feats and only occasionally hinting at the journeyman status sometimes evident in first novels.”^[1]

Awards and nominations

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