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The Silver Bone

Longlisted For The International Booker Prize 2024

by Andrei Kurkov
language: english
Publisher: Quercus Publishing, September of 2024 ‧
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Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.

When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company.

Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity. Eager to thwart them, he stumbles into a world of murder and intrigue that will either be the making of him - or finish what the Cossack started.

Inflected with Kurkov's signature humour and magical realism, The Silver Bone takes inspiration from the real life archives of crime enforcement agencies in Kyiv, crafting a propulsive narrative that bursts to life with rich historical detail.

Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk.

The first in a fine new series . . . Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre - New York Times

Told with black humour and great narrative brio - The Sunday Times

Witty and enjoyable, Boris Dralyuk's translation is playful and subtle . . . It promises rich storytelling in future instalments - Telegraph

Translated from the Russian by poet Boris Dralyuk, Kurkov's prose is brisk but capacious, with a quiet flair . . . And though it is clear-eyed in its depiction of war's sheer senselessness, The Silver Bone has an unusual poetic lightness too - Financial Times

A delightfully dark novel - refreshing, unique, comical - Historical Novel Society

Original and intriguing. Relocates the historical crime novel somewhere between Kafka and The Twilight Zone - Frank Tallis, author of the Liebermann Papers (Vienna Blood)

Rich and compulsive, a modern classic in the making - Anna Bailey

A Kyiv torn to pieces by WWI provides the backdrop for this fascinating series launch . . . With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart - Publishers Weekly

The Silver Bone

Longlisted For The International Booker Prize 2024

by Andrei Kurkov

Property Description
ISBN: 9781529426519
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Release Date: September of 2024
Language: English
Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 288
Format: Book
Collection: The Kyiv Mysteries
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Police and Thriller
EAN: 9781529426519

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrei Kurkov

Andrei Kurkov, nascido em São Petersburgo em 1961, vive em Kiev desde a infância e escreve em russo. Estudou línguas estrangeiras, trabalhou como editor jornalístico e, durante o serviço militar, foi guarda prisional.
Mais tarde, escreveu inúmeros argumentos para cinema e televisão.Com o romance A morte e o pinguim, já publicado pela Porto Editora, alcançou o estatuto de um dos mais famosos escritores ucranianos contemporâneos. Os seus livros encontram-se publicados em 42 línguas.
É um autor freelance desde 1996 e vive na Ucrânia com a família.

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