Zoo Jeremiah’s had it pretty good: a suburban upbringing, an education at an elite private university. But in his senior year there, he feels something pulling him elsewhere—to 99 CITY—a place where people saw the world in red “because red was a color they had been brought-up to think of as hot and exciting and wonderful and dangerous all at the same time, the color that, for them, blanketed the city like a hand-sewn quilt.”
Is it the ancestors calling? Is it an opening to his past—to the Jamaican roots his family has run away from? Or is it something else? From the cool-blue scenery of the city of Coolidge, to the blood-red streets of 99, Zoo must decide between philosophy and action. Will he come-of-age, or will he quit aging altogether?