num_pages: 284
description: At 34 years old, Sam Metcalfe’s life looks pretty complete, even to himself. He has a good, solid job as a zookeeper in Washington, D.C. where he cares for the primates and one ageing curmudgeon of a father figure, Jack Kinsely. At home Sam is equally the ";keeper"; for his nuclear family that includes his business-like mother, ambitious sister, and adolescent nephew. Sam’s best friend Laurel has been there for him since late childhood and the super handsome Tim McAllister is a local newscaster who has recently started dating Sam.
language: English
title: The Zookeeper
titlecomplete: The Zookeeper
genres: Fiction, Queer, LGBT
ratings_count: 65
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Debut Fiction
publisher: Alyson Pubns