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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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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.
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- EditoreHarvill Secker
- Data di pubblicazione2009
- ISBN 10 184655117X
- ISBN 13 9781846551178
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine384
- Valutazione libreria
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The Good Angel of Death
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Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London
(2009)
ISBN 10: 184655117X
ISBN 13: 9781846551178
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kiev, he finds a book hidden within a volume of "War and Peace". Intrigued by the annotations that appear on every page, Kolya sets out to discover more about the scribbler. His investigations take him to a graveyard, and more specifically to the coffin of a Ukrainian nationalist who died in mysterious circumstances and was buried with a sealed letter and a manuscript. An exhumation under cover of darkness reveals that an item of great national importance is buried near a fort in Kazakhstan. As nightwatchman at a baby-milk factory, Kolya exposes himself to the attentions of a criminal gang, and so he decides to leave Kiev for a while. Armed with only three cases of baby milk, which have unexpected hallucinogenic properties, he sets off on what turns out to be a very bizarre journey: crossing the Caspian Sea and traversing the deserts of Kazakhstan. He meets a host of unlikely characters on the way, including Bedouins, ex-KGB officers and a spirit-like companion in the form of a chameleon."The Good Angel of Death" is a classic, first-rate Kurkov yarn which is sure to delight old and new fans alike. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001855577
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