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Search      Gerry Adams   Ken Bruen   Paul Charles   Walter Macken   Manchán Magan   John Maher   Sam Millar   Alice Taylor Emer Martin   Baby Zero   Format: paperback   Category: Fiction   ISBN: 978-086322-365-5   Publication Date: Available   Description In an unheard of country, each successive Taliban-like regime turns the year back to zero, as if to begin history again. An Irish-born woman, Marguerite, imprisoned for fighting the fundamentalist government, is pregnant. To retain her sanity she tells her unborn child the story of three baby zeros – all girls from a family that has been scattered across the globe, some to Los Angeles and some to Ireland, all born at times of upheaval. Despite its unflinching portrayal of extreme oppression, Baby Zero constantly bubbles with humorous incident and characters, presenting a compelling and entertaining satire on both east and west. Author Emer Martin is a Dubliner who has lived in Paris, London, the Middle East, and various places in the U.S. Her first novel Breakfast in Babylon won Book of the Year 1996 in her native Ireland at the prestigious Listowel Writers' Week. Houghton Mifflin released Breakfast in Babylon in the U.S. in 1997. She received a BA from Hunter College in NY, where she graduated as Valedictorian in January 1998.