A Matter of Death and Life
$23.12
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2006
Summary
Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer?
Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, specify when and where to find you, then sit back and prepare to die. Murdered, you will be of greater interest than ever you were in life. More to him than met the eye will be the judgement. A mysterious killing lives long in the popular memory. Our hero meticulously plans his own demise, excep…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099461586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099461587 |
| Author: | Andrey Kurkov, George Bird |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 82g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
Kurkov’s eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever
Kurkov’s eye for the absurdities of Ukrainian life is as sharp as ever * Sunday Telegraph *
A perfectly balanced read * Scotland on Sunday *
A brilliant black comedy * Evening Standard *
Excellent… Blackly comic. Remarkable * New York Times *
Kurkov conjures up both Gogol and Dostoevsky… Genuinely original * Scotsman *
Kurkov is a fine satirist and a real, blackly comic find * Observer *
Kurkov’s writing is highly addictive * Punch *
There’s a pleasing conceit at the dark heart of this novella * Metro *
A dark humorous book that delivers Kurkov’s best * Good Book Guide *
About The Author
Andrey Kurkov
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, including the cult bestseller Death and the Penguin.
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