The Case Of The General's Thumb - Brossura

Kurkov, Andrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1843430169 ISBN 13: 9781843430162

Casa editrice: Harvill Press, 2003

Riassunto

A Russian General is murdered. But why? And, more importantly, what has happened to his thumb? Viktor Slutsky, a young police lieutenant, is sent to investigate it. So, independently, is Nik Tsensky, a former military interpreter. We read in parallel their two stories as they travel across Europe, pawns in a much more complex game than they could possibly suspect. On the way they meet Sergey, a larger-than-life hit-man and hearse-driving sociopath, who has somehow acquired a deaf-and-dumb blonde girlfriend and a tortoise to whom he becomes devoted (a worthy anthropomorphic successor to Misha the Penguin, eponymous hero of his previous novel). As the two investigatorsgradually close in on the secret, they become involved in a battle between the Russian and the Ukranian secret services over the fabled KGB "Red Gold". Another brilliantly inventive black satire which will both enlighten and entertain.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

An international thriller, shot through with black satire and authentic detail, by the author of the highly acclaimed Death & the Penguin

L'autore:

Andrey Kurkov was born in St Petersburg in 1961 and now lives in Kiev. He studied at the Foreign Language Institute in Kiev and has worked as a journalist and film cameraman. He now writes screenplays and has published four novels and four books for children.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvill Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843430169
• ISBN 13: 9781843430162
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192