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Death and the Penguin (Panther)

By Andrey Kurkov

Book information

Publisher
Random House UK
Year
2002
ISBN
1860469450, 9781860469459
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
370 kB (378484 bytes)
Pages
230\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Victor is depressed: his lover has dumped him, his short stories are too short, and the light has gone off in his dingy apartment. His only companion is Misha, the penguin he rescued from Kiev's Zoo, when it couldn't feed the animals anymore. Misha is the silent witness to Victor's despair, and joins in his celebration—fish and vodka—when Victor's luck seems to turn: he is commissioned to write obituaries. The weird thing is that the editor wants him to select subjects who are still alive, the movers and the shakers of the new, post-Communist society.

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