Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror.

The deadpan tone works perfectly and it will be a hard-hearted reader who is not touched by Viktor's relationship with his unusual pet * The Times *
A chilling black comedy * Guardian *
A striking portrait of post-Soviet isolation.. In this bleak moral landscape Kurkov manages to find ample refuge for his dark humour * New York Times *
A minor tragi-comic masterpiece * Daily Telegraph *
A brilliant satirical take on life in modern-day Kiev. Watch out, though, as Kurkov's writing style is highly addictive * Punch *

Andrey Kurkov was born in St Petersburg in 1961. Having graduated from the Kiev Foreign Languages Institute, he worked for some time as a journalist, did his military service as a prison warder in Odessa, then became a film cameraman, writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels, including the cult bestseller Death and the Penguin.

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ISBN 13	9781860469459
ISBN 10	1860469450
Titel	Death and the Penguin
Autor	Andrey Kurkov
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-02-27
Seitenanzahl	240
Preise	Short-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2002
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