Jordan O’Donnell’s “Zoon Garden” Is Political Allegory and Social Critique in the Vein of George Orwell’s “Animal Fam”
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In this episode 163, we visit with Jordan O’Donnell, author of “Zoon Garden,” a political allegory and social critique of the human experience in the spirit of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
In “Zoon Garden,” when the mysterious zookeeper of Clarendon Zoo grants his animals freedom to govern themselves, the creatures create a new land founded upon life, liberty, and happiness for all animals. Though the land seems to function well, each species soon realizes they have differing visions for how the land should be governed.
With the help of Eagle and Owl’s propaganda, the traditional wolves and the progressive sheep quickly emerge as leaders. The two species fight to spread their contradictory visions, pitting the animals against one another, and inadvertently throw the zoo into chaos. Screeching pigeons flood the sky as animals make their opinions known, fact becomes fiction, fiction becomes fact, truth becomes impossible to discern. The wolves and sheep slowly destroy the very land they claim to lead.
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Jordan O’Donnell is a former-FBI employee turned novelist. After two and half years at the FBI, he refused Secret Service, DEA, and FBI agent offers to pursue the writing of his first book, Zoon Garden, in hopes of bringing civility and empathy to polarized America.
A Division 1 wrestler for Virginia Tech, where he completed both undergraduate and graduate work, Jordan writes, wrestles, and weight lifts while he looks for the next adventure to pursue or the next injustice to fight. He splits his time between a farmhouse on the east coast and a converted school bus traveling the Americas.
Jordan aspires to be a homeless millionaire, a successful man who gained the world but gave it back to the people for sake of a better tomorrow.
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