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Short-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for FictionA fascinating and powerful book in regards to a small child attracted to ocean from the promise of incentive and adventure, with echoes of Great Expectations, Moby-Dick, and The Voyage of the Narwhal. Jamrach’s Menagerie shows the tale of the nineteenth century street urchin called Jaffy Brown. Following an event by having an escaped lion, Jaffy would go to benefit Mr. Charles Jamrach, the importer of unique creatures, alongside Bob, a great but occasionally spitefully aggressive child.