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0063352281

(ISBN-13: 9780063352285)

Neuware

431 g

Neuware - 'A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer. ... [The Silver Bone] is a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events.' - Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'[The Silver Bone is a] fascinating series launch ... the finely drawn characters and harrowing descriptions of daily life in 1919 Kyiv leave a far more lasting impression than clever genre tricks ever could. With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review)'Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre.' - New York Times'Rich and compulsive, a modern classic in the making.' - Anna Bailey, author of Where the Truth Lies'Original and intriguing. Relocates the historical crime novel somewhere between Kafka and The Twilight Zone.' - Frank Tallis, Author of Death in Vienna and Vienna Blood'A gripping whodunnit with surrealist flourishes ... Kurkov brings to life an overlooked and much-contested episode in Ukrainian history, capturing the brutality with which Soviet forces first attempted to establish control over the city.' - Washington Post'In the tradition of Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther ... Kurkov sets crime-solving against the chaos of a turbulent era -- for his Samson Kolechko, the upheaval of Ukraine in 1919, when Cossacks, the Red Army and their White opponents, and even Chinese Communists battled in streets of a Kiev darkened by power failure ... [The Silver Bone] poses haunting moral questions about defending order in perilous days, questions that reverberate a century later in Ukraine and around the world.' - David O. Stewart, Award-winning Historian and Author of The Lincoln Deception'An atmospheric police procedural whose protagonist battles personal tragedy and a tangled system to solve his first case.' - Kirkus Reviews'Mix[ing] elements of grim humor and surrealism ... [The Silver Bone is] a winning offbeat crime novel that begs for a sequel' - Library Journal

11.04.2025

9780063352285