Death and the Penguin
by:
Andrey Kurkov (author)
Format: paperback
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 228
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Crime,
Ukraine
Series: Ορέστεια -3 (#1)
I don't read much from Russia or the Eastern European nations because life is mostly grim enough. The only exception I make is for Chekov's short stories. Until Nick Hornby reviewed this in his column for Believer. And he pointed out, just for me, that the titular penguin is a real seabird from Anta...
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