Death and the Penguin
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U Lužického semináře 10, Malá Strana
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Vintage Publishing
UK
2024
Paperback
256
Standard
329963
978-1-78487-907-5
1-78487-907-X
Fiction in translation
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All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin. Viktor writes obituaries for a newspaper in Kyiv; the only creature he trusts is his pet penguin, Misha. But when his ‘subjects’ start dying while their tributes sit in his drawer, Viktor realises he’s writing death notices to order. Bleakly funny and quietly tragic, Death and the Penguin captures life in a collapsing world where conscience and corruption blur. Kurkov’s understated prose turns absurdity into menace - a masterpiece of Eastern European noir with feathers and frostbite.
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