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The Case of the General´s Thumb
Andrey Kurkov
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Description for The Case of the General´s Thumb
Paperback. When the corpse of a distinguished general and presidential adviser is found, attached to an advertising balloon, lieutenant Viktor Slutsky is sent in to investigate. Meanwhile, KGB officer Nik Tsensky arrives in Kiev for a secret mission. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
'Kurkov is a fine satirist and a real, blackly comic, find' Observer
Discover the international thriller, shot through with black satire and authentic detail, by one of Ukraine's most highly acclaimed authors.
When the corpse of a distinguished general and presidential adviser is found, attached to an advertising balloon, lieutenant Viktor Slutsky is sent in to investigate. Meanwhile, KGB officer Nik Tsensky arrives in Kyiv for a secret mission.
A larger-than-life hitman, bombs under furniture, a hearse, a deaf-and-dumb blonde, a tortoise and a parrot all play a part as Kurkov evokes a world of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099455257
SKU
V9780099455257
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About Andrey Kurkov
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.
Reviews for The Case of the General´s Thumb
An ebullient black comedy... Reminiscent of the best Soviet dissident literature
Daily Telegraph
Full of touches of grim insight and tactful surrealism, with just enough of the absurd to suggest a cross between John le Carre's Smiley and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
John Burnside
Scotland on Sunday
Kurkov is a fine satirist and a ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Full of touches of grim insight and tactful surrealism, with just enough of the absurd to suggest a cross between John le Carre's Smiley and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
John Burnside
Scotland on Sunday
Kurkov is a fine satirist and a ... Read more