The Good Angel of Death
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Good Angel of Death is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old and new fans alike.
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The Good Angel of Death is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old and new fans alike.
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When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he discovers an annotated manuscript hidden inside a copy of War and Peace and decides to track down its author, even if it means digging up the grave of a Ukranian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances.An exhumation reveals that an item of great national importance is buried near a fort in Kazakstan so when, during his night shift as a security guard, Kolya is threatened with mysterious phone calls, he sets off on what turns out to be a very bizarre journey. Along the way he meets a host of unlikely characters including Bedouins, ex-KGB officers and a spirit-like companion in the form of a chameleon.
From the author of cult bestseller, Death and the Penguin.
Autoren-Porträt von Andrej Kurkow
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andrej Kurkow
- 2010, 384 Seiten, Maße: 13,2 x 2,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Andrew Bromfield
- Verlag: Random House UK
- ISBN-10: 0099513498
- ISBN-13: 9780099513490
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Packs a lot of plot into this deadpan satire... Strange and tantalising" Metro
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