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Andrey kurkov s first book to be published in english, death and the penguin, was hailed by leading critics in the us and the uk as a tragicomic masterpiece the daily telegraph of suspense about life on the crimeriddled streets of an impoverished, postsoviet kiev. Kurkov is never one to do things by halves and penguin lost opens to find viktor. Penguin lost melville international crime kindle edition. Penguin lost finds viktor zolotaryov sneaking back into kiev under an assumed identity to undertake a dangerous mission. Death and the penguin by andrey kurkov, paperback barnes. A masterful tale set in postsoviet kiev thats both darklyfunny and ominous. Originally published in 2005 in russian it was translated and published in english in 2010. This appears at first to be a bizarre comedy but it darkens, gripping the reader and drawing him into the grey world of postcommunist russia, where serious crime flourishes, revenge and greed are paramount, violence gratuitous and terrifyingly sudden, and where anything can be bought. Kurkov writes short, sly, pageturners that specialize in what we might call absurdist noir. The lost penguin is a poetic and whimsical story of a wayward penguin who learns that sometimes the most important lesson in life may come as a surprise.
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