City of Thieves
$35.51
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2009
Summary
Four months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, while his charismatic cellmate Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid. Dawn brings, instead of the execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter’s wedding cake, and live. Or fail, and die. In the depths …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340977392 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340977396 |
| Author: | David Benioff |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2009 |
| Weight: | 281g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Sceptre |
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‘told with compelling power’
Complex and compelling … a thought-provoking novel that leaves its own lingering, haunting presence in the reader’s imagination - Waterstones Books Quarterly
This gut-churning thriller will sweep you along and, with any luck, propel Benioff into bestseller land - Kirkus - starred reviewTold with compelling power - Sunday TelegraphExpert tone … fine sense of pace. - Financial TimesA hard-to-put-down novel … Benioff blends tense adventure, a bittersweet coming-of-age and an oddly touching buddy narrative to craft a smart crowd-pleaser - Publisher’s WeeklyAbout The Author
David Benioff
David Benioff has published articles and stories in GQ, SEVENTEEN and ZOETROPE. Born and raised in New York City, he now lives in Los Angeles.
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